PowerRobert Green Ingersoll Most people can bear adversity; but if you wish to know what a man really is give him power. – Robert Green Ingersoll Adversity Quotes Bear Quotes People Quotes Power Quotes As long as the people persist in voting for or against men on account of their religious views, just so long will hypocrisy hold place and power. A master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.
Augusten Burroughs I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It’s pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it. – Augusten Burroughs
Cuba GoodingJr There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or there are roles that people won’t bring to me because they don’t think I’ll do it. And that is a big strain because an actor wants to act. – Cuba Gooding, Jr
PoetryRoberto Benigni I’m a storyteller: the crux of the matter is to reach beauty, poetry; it doesn’t matter if that is comedy or tragedy. They’re the same if you reach the beauty. – Roberto Benigni
Kym Whitley My parents were funny. My brothers were funny. We just laughed and had a good time. Growing up, it breeds that. It breeds your funny. It breeds your creativity. – Kym Whitley
Bettany Hughes Europe’s leaders need to sit down with Socrates for a night; a life unexamined is not worth living. We have to remember that, as he says, the pursuit of wealth should never be at the expense of wisdom. – Bettany Hughes
Josh Rosen You can’t put as much into one thing as you want, and I felt like I was shortchanging football a little bit by giving school so much time. – Josh Rosen
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