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GARY STOKAN I say that everything has to be on the table,
JOE BIDEN After the Democrats' obstructionist approach to Social Security reform, it is more difficult for the...
MAYA MACGUINEAS The fact that the overall effect of reconciliation taken together was to enlarge rather than reduce ...
MAYA MACGUINEAS What's somewhat surprising is that you hear people talking about holding off on spending cuts,
MAYA MACGUINEAS We have a very short window of opportunity to make real changes in advance of when the real fiscal s...
MAYA MACGUINEAS Next year's budget has already been derailed and the new fiscal year hasn't even begun,
MAYA MACGUINEAS The tax cuts have a lot of momentum. For something like the estate tax or the alternative minimum ta...
MAYA MACGUINEAS I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a ...
MAYA ANGELOU Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT Instead of learning bits of everything, rather concentrate on mastering your craft.
NOKO FLOW MABITSELA Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT Everything is on the table, everything is open.
JAVIER SOLANA Everything is on the table.
JOE SPRAGGINS It is looking quite likely. Really, everything could be on the table.
CHRIS LOH Any part of what was heard can be added in a conference committee. Everything is still on the table.
HENRY CURTIS No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person ...
HILDA SOLIS Maya put it out there, ... She said 'I am not going to be ashamed of somebody else's act of violence...
LOUNG UNG Make sure you have a signed, detailed contract -- one that details everything the facility might pro...
KATHRYN HORTON Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its desti...
JOY LINCOLN The scale of the challenge means that everything is on the table.
BRIAN SULLIVAN Put everything on the table, winner take all.
TED MUSGRAVE We're looking at everything to make sure we get to the bottom of exactly what's happened. Everything...
BRAD BURNS A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE You succeed because you're willing to give everything to your craft- everything!
SHANNON HALE Everything is on the table, we have innumerable possibilities.
EYAL ARAD Once you put them on the table, you have to go full speed to reach an agreement.
JUDITH KIPPER Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
ALAN LADD Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT It is easy to find the problem. Knowing the difference between critique and criticism is the solutio...
JT SANZ The merger should not be approved unless the executive compensation package is stripped out,
PHIL ANGELIDES In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around.
RHODA BELLEZA What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
IVAN TURGENEV The CRTC did not have a policy hearing where everything is on the table,
GRAHAM HENDERSON I think they should focus on what is on the table,
CHRISTOPHER HILL Deep within, they are stained with the filth of emotional attachment to Maya, they deal in Maya alon...
GURU NANAK We all want to take credit for everything, but the good practical joker understands that his craft d...
CHRIS LAMB It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich ...
EPICURUS It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet,than to have a golden couch and a rich t...
EPICURUS But I am a knight of the Round Table," he protested, weakly. "I am a protector of the realm, a slaye...
TANYA HUFF We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to...
ADAM COHEN I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib...
C. JOYBELL C. Toshiba's strength is that it covers the full life cycle of a nuclear plant [from design and constru...
ATSUTOSHI NISHIDA Employees who do not contribute enough to receive their employer's full matching contribution are le...
LORI LUCAS I worked as a busboy in real life. I have some calluses that are not just from snacking at the actor...
RYAN REYNOLDS In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but...
CAM NEWTON Our inner growth should now be able to expand beyond the superiority complex of our own civilization...
JOHN JENKINS To enter the roadmap, there should be a full cessation of terror, hostilities and incitement,
MR SHARON House Republicans believe that no senior should be forced to choose between putting food on the tabl...
DENNIS HASTERT The study has to be done. I'm happy to see (DOT) has come around and they've recognized that this is...
ROBERT WILSON There was never a suggestion on my part that hunting should be off the table. It was a matter of dem...
BRADLEY CAMPBELL If there is no question as to the legitimacy and legality of their operation, then everything ought ...
GERALD SHUSTER I think it (decision on full deployment) should be moving along fairly rapidly. We could be talking ...
BARRY JOHNSON Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain.
THE PROPHET OF LIFE I look at things as 'Everything is meant to be.'
LIL WAYNE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES The way I look at it, you've got to do what makes sense. I wouldn't take (any possibility) off the t...
ERIC HYMAN My answer to those that want to offset the spending is sure, bring me the offsets, I'll be glad to d...
TOM DELAY The total package. You get your full money's worth with a guy like that. He plays a lot, he goes out...
BRENT ALEXANDER Someone could drag me to hell, and I’d crawl back to you, Maya, for a chance to make right everyth...
MEREDITH WILD To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours...
DEBASISH MRIDHA The salt in the cookie is a plus, and it offsets the cloying sweetness of the cream a little.
KATE JANSEN Once we determine the benchmarks, we're going to come in with a full insulation package, attic, wall...
BILL ANGELL We believe this compelling valuation offsets very real concerns about management's ability to develo...
CHRISTOPHER DIXON If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now ...
LISA CRON There is no limit to our discussion. Everything is on the table. It is time to turn the page.
BERNARD ACCOYER The mural shows that early Maya painting had achieved a high level of sophistication and grace well ...
WILLIAM SATURNO The car stuck. It had a ton of grip. I laid everything I had out there. I didn't leave anything on t...
BILL LESTER Egotistical involvement in Maya is filth, Maya is overflowing with filth.
GURU NANAK That's Trevor 'The Waterfall' Hall. He's the full package. He's the full meal deal. ... It may look ...
DAVE CARLILE We have looked at everything on the table and cleared away what we don't need,
JOSE MANUEL BARROSO As many members of the Senate as there are, there's that many different views of how you do offsets,...
JUDD GREGG Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first ...
RICHARD BRANSON The prudent investor may want to take some of their money off the table and maybe they should be loo...
JOE PORTERA Based on what I've heard, it's a dead-end street. Everything we did is totally above table.
DOUG BERRY By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signale...
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN The Perfect Lord is All-pervading everywhere; He destroys the poison of Maya. I am rid of the three-...
ATHARVA VEDA I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says...
MAYA ANGELOU It's a day full of everything.
JASON HUNTER There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied with the lef...
AARON HENRY You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full ...
RENZO PIANO That would be my preference as a trader, because then we won't have this overhang. What would be the...
JOHN HUGHES Sure. You get all slutty with Rafe. You freak out. You cry date rape drug.' - Hayley
KELLEY ARMSTRONG I think we should consider some relief for people, ... We did last year, and I think it ought to be ...
JEB BUSH Rich will be my life if I
can keep my memories full
and brimming, and record
them ...
ROMAN PAYNE Investors need to understand what level of debate actually occurred. Sunlight must be shed on the bo...
CARL ICAHN Everything someone does on a daily basis should be traceable back to an annual or quarterly plan.
RICHARD E. GRIGGS The worldly life means something superficial. When people speak during their interactions, they put ...
DADA BHAGWAN The only fight should be the fight of faith. Full force of enduring to the end of life.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to ex...
NICOLE WILLIAMS Everything that is bad, the falling sickness - God save the mark - or the like, should be at its wor...
LADY GREGORY If Congress is aware of the problems facing poor people in America, cuts in hunger assistance progra...
TOM HARKIN There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.
INGRID BERGMAN The white saucer like some full moon descends / At last from the clouds of the table above.
HAROLD MONRO The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to th...
HANK AZARIA I'm a strong believer in 'everything is meant to be for a reason.'
NICOLE SCHERZINGER It has opened a window into the very origins of Maya civilization.
WILLIAM SATURNO When you open up Pinterest, you should feel like you've walked into a building full of stuff tha...
BEN SILBERMANN To be full of confidence take every thing positive & possible.Once you choose to be positive everyth...
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MAYA ANGELOU I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't w...
MAYA ANGELOU I got my own back.
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MAYA ANGELOU I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.'...
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MAYA ANGELOU I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.
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MAYA ANGELOU Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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MAYA ANGELOU Nothing will work unless you do.
MAYA ANGELOU Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
MAYA ANGELOU You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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I rise
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I rise...
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MAYA ANGELOU When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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MAYA ANGELOU Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
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MAYA ANGELOU I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intell...
MAYA ANGELOU You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, ...
MAYA ANGELOU I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scrip...
MAYA ANGELOU When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
MAYA ANGELOU I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I&#...
MAYA ANGELOU You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot -...
MAYA ANGELOU I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself ...
MAYA ANGELOU If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
MAYA ANGELOU It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is...
MAYA ANGELOU If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
MAYA ANGELOU All great achievements require time.
MAYA ANGELOU Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
MAYA ANGELOU You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I ...
MAYA ANGELOU I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
MAYA ANGELOU Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. T...
MAYA ANGELOU There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more ...
MAYA ANGELOU I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
MAYA ANGELOU I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people ...
MAYA ANGELOU It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
MAYA ANGELOU We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can...
MAYA ANGELOU I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.
MAYA ANGELOU I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life lo...
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