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4,527	70,021	To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.	Steven Brust	trust
7,758	57,080	But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.	Marco Rubio	power
11,407	24,513	For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.	Olof Palme	freedom
1,088	62,534	It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.	Red Adair	smile
11,743	4,188	Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.	Valentino Rossi	art
11,156	2,263	Growing up in New York has influenced my style so much, and I have an amazing relationship with my stylist, Estee Stanley. We have so much fun with the whole process. She picks out dresses, I try things on and play dress up, and we get creative to see what works.	Lea Michele	amazing
2,198	41,423	Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.	Roger Ascham	learning
10,822	58,032	The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.	Tony Wilson	relationship
11,220	22,120	The fear of death comes from limited awareness.	Deepak Chopra	fear
6,408	18,126	We certainly want those at the top to do well, but if you base your entire presidency and your entire economic platform on helping them do even better, you're missing what makes the economy tick. Because not everyone has been as fortunate as Mitt Romney, you cannot base your whole approach on a life experience as rarified as his.	Charles Schumer	experience
8,363	12,777	My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.	Kris Allen	dad
7,210	47,594	Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.	Alice Walker	money
4,020	38,737	We have three centers: the emotional center, the intellectual center, and the physical body center. Each one of them has its own intelligence. How much better would we be if all three were working in unison?	Erin Gray	intelligence
5,907	35,850	Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.	Alexander Pope	hope
4,203	3,443	Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.	Steve Martin	architecture
5,658	53,585	Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.	Imelda Staunton	peace
6,705	23,113	Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.	Truman Capote	food
9,437	60,008	The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.	Christian Lous Lange	respect
11,270	16,609	If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.	Edmund Barton	education
457	68,474	Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.	Viktor E. Frankl	time
11,180	65,438	I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.	Margaret Mead	success
8,847	55,090	I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.	Charles de Gaulle	politics
1,064	41,103	Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.	Jean-Bertrand Aristide	learning
7,733	6,324	I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.	Ron Paul	best
1,308	612	I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.	Joni Mitchell	age
9,322	29,041	Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.	Salvador Dali	good
4,824	13,387	The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.	Will Rogers	death
7,639	10,239	The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.	Mike Fitzpatrick	communication
7,503	11,076	When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.	Augusten Burroughs	cool
9,649	17,015	Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.	Jim Jeffords	environmental
1,891	39,717	Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind.	Bob Ney	knowledge
10,483	18,928	I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame.	Gerry Beckley	failure
9,647	32,126	Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.	Saint Augustine	happiness
10,943	67,164	For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.	Tom Peters	technology
2,575	25,568	There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.	Carol Alt	friendship
7,833	11,544	Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.	Winston Churchill	courage
187	58,512	Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.	Dalai Lama	religion
344	64,979	We get strength and encouragement from watching children.	Hayao Miyazaki	strength
3,140	72,615	I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.	Jared Leto	wedding
2,430	10,681	I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.	Katy Perry	cool
730	47,859	I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.	Larry David	money
10,228	410	We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.	Paul Ryan	age
1,441	31,365	I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.	Hillary Clinton	great
3,151	71,514	It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.	Sargent Shriver	truth
1,585	45,582	Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.	Plato	men
8,985	14,980	This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline.	Du Fu	diet
814	33,113	We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.	Benjamin Carson	health
8,801	31,643	The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.	Anna Letitia Barbauld	great
8,111	6,748	The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.	Scott Walker	best
9,319	30,303	The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.	Ibrahim Babangida	government
10,390	74,209	Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion.	Margaret Sanger	women
9,873	10,226	But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.	Thom Mayne	communication
7,819	15,444	I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.	David Copperfield	dreams
1,684	3,315	My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.	Jamie Lee Curtis	anniversary
2,489	11,132	Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.	Bruce Jenner	cool
7,404	28,155	Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.	Antoine de Saint-Exupery	god
9,792	35,777	For President Obama, 'home of the brave' are not just the last words of our national anthem, but also a call to action. This is why the president's policies and our platform include incentives to train and hire our troops returning home. Not only because of our moral responsibility, but because it makes for a stronger, more secure American economy.	Cory Booker	home
6,714	32,411	America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.	Louis D. Brandeis	happiness
3,393	72,814	Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.	Og Mandino	wisdom
1,410	49,293	In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.	Elizabeth Wurtzel	movies
9,658	75,055	Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.	Carl Sandburg	work
8,543	27,126	There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.	Mark Zuckerberg	future
7,538	35,131	I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.	Yo-Yo Ma	home
1,375	11,965	With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world.	Jerry Costello	courage
2,890	26,286	I love a smart, well-written show, and '30 Rock,' well, you can't get any better than that. Tina Fey poos funny. There's nothing that she does that isn't funny. That show is an example of how brilliant she is. It's so smart. They've done some brilliant commentary about the 'Housewives' with 'Queen of Jordan,' their show-within-the-show.	Andy Cohen	funny
6,126	32,565	I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.	Camille Claudel	happiness
11,416	73,928	If women be educated for dependence that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?	Mary Wollstonecraft	women
10,802	10,077	Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.	Bertolt Brecht	communication
7,190	21,760	We fear the thing we want the most.	Robert Anthony	fear
206	52,208	To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.	Buddha	parenting
9,409	65,564	No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.	Alfred Adler	success
10,554	36,158	The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.	Stanley Kubrick	hope
3,486	475	They that have lived a single day have lived an age.	Jean de la Bruyere	age
4,196	18,117	It was a very profound experience, getting in touch with that part of us, in all of us human beings, that is committed beyond yourself to the point of giving everything you have, including your life, for other people, for your fellow man.	Raul Julia	experience
169	19,768	Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	faith
8,498	5,078	There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.	Samantha Mumba	attitude
11,683	49,876	I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.	Jonah Hill	movies
2,197	45,562	Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.	Nelson Mandela	men
4,274	47,293	Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.	Will Rogers	money
8,926	46,477	My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little.	Jennifer Garner	mom
3,464	8,431	By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.	Jessica Savitch	car
8,053	6,148	A problem is a chance for you to do your best.	Duke Ellington	best
1,468	25,150	Money equals freedom.	Kevin O'Leary	freedom
3,522	61,362	The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.	Stephane Mallarme	sad
3,474	70,030	I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.	Dick Gregory	trust
11,315	255	Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.	Andre Maurois	age
762	48,222	One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.	Groucho Marx	morning
4,014	42,640	I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?	Bill Gates	life
9,574	1,015	I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.	Whitney Houston	alone
3,020	31,524	Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.	Thomas Huxley	great
2,741	30,385	Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.	Tony Campolo	government
2,918	7,759	Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.	Ernie Harwell	business
3,314	5,891	It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.	Max Eastman	beauty
2,282	50,753	A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.	W. H. Auden	music
4,546	63,282	I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.	Peter Singer	society
7,744	74,289	When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'	Louis C. K.	women
4,980	47,091	My mom is a constant in my life in so many ways.	Kerri Walsh	mom
4,928	46,952	I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.	Janet Evanovich	mom
9,016	53,533	Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.	Mandy Patinkin	peace
6,328	46,831	I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.	Hoda Kotb	mom

4,527

70,021

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

Steven Brust

trust

7,758

57,080

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

Marco Rubio

power

11,407

24,513

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

Olof Palme

freedom

1,088

62,534

It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.

Red Adair

smile

11,743

4,188

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

Valentino Rossi

art

11,156

2,263

Growing up in New York has influenced my style so much, and I have an amazing relationship with my stylist, Estee Stanley. We have so much fun with the whole process. She picks out dresses, I try things on and play dress up, and we get creative to see what works.

Lea Michele

amazing

2,198

41,423

Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.

Roger Ascham

learning

10,822

58,032

The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.

Tony Wilson

relationship

11,220

22,120

The fear of death comes from limited awareness.

Deepak Chopra

fear

6,408

18,126

We certainly want those at the top to do well, but if you base your entire presidency and your entire economic platform on helping them do even better, you're missing what makes the economy tick. Because not everyone has been as fortunate as Mitt Romney, you cannot base your whole approach on a life experience as rarified as his.

Charles Schumer

experience

8,363

12,777

My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.

Kris Allen

dad

7,210

47,594

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

Alice Walker

money

4,020

38,737

We have three centers: the emotional center, the intellectual center, and the physical body center. Each one of them has its own intelligence. How much better would we be if all three were working in unison?

Erin Gray

intelligence

5,907

35,850

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Alexander Pope

hope

4,203

3,443

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

Steve Martin

architecture

5,658

53,585

Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.

Imelda Staunton

peace

6,705

23,113

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Truman Capote

food

9,437

60,008

The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.

Christian Lous Lange

respect

11,270

16,609

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

Edmund Barton

education

457

68,474

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Viktor E. Frankl

time

11,180

65,438

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

Margaret Mead

success

8,847

55,090

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Charles de Gaulle

politics

1,064

41,103

Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

learning

7,733

6,324

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.

Ron Paul

best

1,308

612

I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.

Joni Mitchell

age

9,322

29,041

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Salvador Dali

good

4,824

13,387

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

Will Rogers

death

7,639

10,239

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication.

Mike Fitzpatrick

communication

7,503

11,076

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

Augusten Burroughs

cool

9,649

17,015

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.

Jim Jeffords

environmental

1,891

39,717

Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind.

Bob Ney

knowledge

10,483

18,928

I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame.

Gerry Beckley

failure

9,647

32,126

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Saint Augustine

happiness

10,943

67,164

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.

Tom Peters

technology

2,575

25,568

There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.

Carol Alt

friendship

7,833

11,544

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

courage

187

58,512

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.

Dalai Lama

religion

344

64,979

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

Hayao Miyazaki

strength

3,140

72,615

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.

Jared Leto

wedding

2,430

10,681

I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.

Katy Perry

cool

730

47,859

I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.

Larry David

money

10,228

410

We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.

Paul Ryan

age

1,441

31,365

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

Hillary Clinton

great

3,151

71,514

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

Sargent Shriver

truth

1,585

45,582

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.

Plato

men

8,985

14,980

This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline.

Du Fu

diet

814

33,113

We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.

Benjamin Carson

health

8,801

31,643

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

great

8,111

6,748

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.

Scott Walker

best

9,319

30,303

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.

Ibrahim Babangida

government

10,390

74,209

Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion.

Margaret Sanger

women

9,873

10,226

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.

Thom Mayne

communication

7,819

15,444

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.

David Copperfield

dreams

1,684

3,315

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

Jamie Lee Curtis

anniversary

2,489

11,132

Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.

Bruce Jenner

cool

7,404

28,155

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

god

9,792

35,777

For President Obama, 'home of the brave' are not just the last words of our national anthem, but also a call to action. This is why the president's policies and our platform include incentives to train and hire our troops returning home. Not only because of our moral responsibility, but because it makes for a stronger, more secure American economy.

Cory Booker

home

6,714

32,411

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

Louis D. Brandeis

happiness

3,393

72,814

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Og Mandino

wisdom

1,410

49,293

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

movies

9,658

75,055

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

Carl Sandburg

work

8,543

27,126

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.

Mark Zuckerberg

future

7,538

35,131

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.

Yo-Yo Ma

home

1,375

11,965

With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world.

Jerry Costello

courage

2,890

26,286

I love a smart, well-written show, and '30 Rock,' well, you can't get any better than that. Tina Fey poos funny. There's nothing that she does that isn't funny. That show is an example of how brilliant she is. It's so smart. They've done some brilliant commentary about the 'Housewives' with 'Queen of Jordan,' their show-within-the-show.

Andy Cohen

funny

6,126

32,565

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

Camille Claudel

happiness

11,416

73,928

If women be educated for dependence that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?

Mary Wollstonecraft

women

10,802

10,077

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

Bertolt Brecht

communication

7,190

21,760

We fear the thing we want the most.

Robert Anthony

fear

206

52,208

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Buddha

parenting

9,409

65,564

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

Alfred Adler

success

10,554

36,158

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.

Stanley Kubrick

hope

3,486

475

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

Jean de la Bruyere

age

4,196

18,117

It was a very profound experience, getting in touch with that part of us, in all of us human beings, that is committed beyond yourself to the point of giving everything you have, including your life, for other people, for your fellow man.

Raul Julia

experience

169

19,768

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

faith

8,498

5,078

There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.

Samantha Mumba

attitude

11,683

49,876

I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.

Jonah Hill

movies

2,197

45,562

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Nelson Mandela

men

4,274

47,293

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Will Rogers

money

8,926

46,477

My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little.

Jennifer Garner

mom

3,464

8,431

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

Jessica Savitch

car

8,053

6,148

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Duke Ellington

best

1,468

25,150

Money equals freedom.

Kevin O'Leary

freedom

3,522

61,362

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

Stephane Mallarme

sad

3,474

70,030

I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.

Dick Gregory

trust

11,315

255

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

Andre Maurois

age

762

48,222

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.

Groucho Marx

morning

4,014

42,640

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?

Bill Gates

life

9,574

1,015

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

Whitney Houston

alone

3,020

31,524

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Thomas Huxley

great

2,741

30,385

Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

Tony Campolo

government

2,918

7,759

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

Ernie Harwell

business

3,314

5,891

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Max Eastman

beauty

2,282

50,753

A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

W. H. Auden

music

4,546

63,282

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

Peter Singer

society

7,744

74,289

When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'

Louis C. K.

women

4,980

47,091

My mom is a constant in my life in so many ways.

Kerri Walsh

mom

4,928

46,952

I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.

Janet Evanovich

mom

9,016

53,533

Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.

Mandy Patinkin

peace

6,328

46,831

I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.

Hoda Kotb

mom