That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

I have a friend named Dennis. Both of his parents were midgets,but he isn't a midget. He's a midgetdwarf. He's two inchestall. He's the one who poses for trophies.

Steven Wright

I'm reticent to say much more, but we would like to begin in the coming year. We'd like to shoot through the seasons because of the passage of time. This project is the great love of my life.

Madeleine Stowe

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

John F. Kerry

What God wants are men great enough to be small enough to be used.

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Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.

Henry David Thoreau

It happened once that a youth and a maiden beheld each other in a public assembly for the first time

Ralph Waldo Emerson, (on meeting

I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.

Steve Jobs

Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.

Samuel Gompers

I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Anthony Robbins

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

Benjamin Franklin

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

Arthur Henderson