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“I not going to focus on what I have done in the past what I stand for, what I articulate to the American people. The American people will judge me on what I am saying and what I have done in the last 12 years in the Congress.”

People Years Done Lasts Past Politics Focus Judging Congress Judge Me

Author:Dan Quayle

“I have just finished my sketch of my species theory. If as I believe that my theory is true & if it be accepted even by one competent judge, it will be a considerable step in science. I therefore write this, in case of my sudden death, as my most solemn & last request, which I am sure you will consider the same as if legally entered in my will, that you will devote 400£ to its publication & further will yourself, or through Hensleigh [Wedgwood], take trouble in promoting it.”

Source: On Evolution: The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection

“I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it. And since I know at the start what the last line will be, I know when I've reached that point as logically as I can that it's finished. As for the rewriting-it's not foolproof, of course, but if you're honest about having thought of every possibility and you still come back to what you have, what more can you do?”

Ifs Thinking Knows Writing Stills I Can Stories Lasts Courses Lines Honest Possibility Finished Rewriting Foolproof

Author:Amy Hempel

“The Daily Telegraph reported on April 9, 1937: 'Since M. Litvinoff ousted Chicherin, no Russian has ever held a high post in the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs.' It seems that the Daily Telegraph was unaware that Chicherin's mother was a Jewess. The Russian Molotov, who became Foreign Minister later, has a Jewish wife, and one of his two assistants is the Jew, Lozovsky. It was the last-named who renewed the treaty with Japan in 1942, by which the Kamchatka fisheries provided the Japanese with an essential part of their food supplies.”

Two Seems Lasts Mother Wife Essentials Affair Jew Posts Ministers Japan April Treaties Supplies Assistants Telegraph Foreign Affairs Food Supply Fisheries Molotov

Author:Arnold Leese

“The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of David and Solomon, and bringing the whole world at last under the firm but benevolent Jewish heel.”

World Whole Lasts Process Special Mankind Glory Jew Whole World Firm Savior Heels Fabulous Messiah Benevolent Restoring Solomon

Book:Outline of History

Source: Outline of History

“The last few years have been pretty hectic.”

Years Has Beens Lasts Hectic

Author:Frank Langella

“I've done reasonably well over the last 10 years because I took the strategy of language and politics and applied it to the corporate world, which has never been done before.”

World Years Wells Done Lasts Language Strategy Corporate Corporate World

Author:Frank Luntz

“I think a composer is always interested in his last work.”

Thinking Lasts Composer

Author:Gyorgy Ligeti

“The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers.”

People Knows Want Persons Lasts Guy Computer Creating Documentation

Author:Adam Osborne

“After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.”

Years Kind Self Play Lasts Challenges Gone Records Five Self Esteem Instruments Esteem Five Years Disappointed Challenging Myself

Author:Cat Power

“My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.”

Giving Children Lasts Ability Skills Adults Aim My Children Learners Homeschooling

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.”

World Years Able Lasts Artist Given Nice Couple Nice Things

Author:Brad Paisley

“I'm 64 years old and, yeah, I went through a transition in my life last year, with the death of my son, that woke me up to a lot of things. You know, I'm perfectly happy in my own little groove. Marching along, building my company, and you know, a happy person.”

Knows Years Littles Persons Lasts My Own Company Building Son Yeah My Son Transition Last Year Groove Happy Person

Author:Carl Paladino

“We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well. Now that hasn't been done over the last decades. And that is, of course, what we are paying for.”

Knows Want Needs Wells Country Done Problem Lasts Courses Decades Manage Our Country Greek

Author:George Papandreou

“In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to translate into clothes.”

Want Years Has Beens Art Lasts Color Shapes Clothes Incredibles Contemporary Translate Collecting Bombarded Bombarded By

Author:Jean Pigozzi

“When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I was willing to take that risk.”

Way Lasts Risk Willing Seasons Scripts My Way

Author:Lana Parrilla

“I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.”

Knows Two Running Lasts Past Week Months Standards Speed Ran Olympics Championship Improving Over The Past Constantly Improving

Author:Oscar Pistorius

“I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.”

World Lasts Race Performances Finished Heat Championship Unbelievable

Author:Oscar Pistorius

“When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then.”

Years Hard Lasts Choices New York Rain Meetings Weather Ran League Diamond Last Year Competing

Author:Oscar Pistorius

“The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president.”

Needs Trying Years Has Beens Country Bigs Government Lasts Past President Four Policy Tired Disappointment President Obama Four Years Big Government New Directions Government Policy

Author:Reince Priebus

“I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall.”

Ifs Years Wanted Lasts Guy Wall Series Pushing Cop Bad Guys

Author:William Petersen

“Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.”

Moments Helping Lasts Interesting Pieces Week Advice Style Depends Husband Laura

Author:Sally Quinn

“The one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there's no more of that. When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? It's not that I consider it a great sport, but it was my way of seeing the country. The open road, especially in the western United States, is still very pristine, but everything else around it has changed.”

Way Stills Country States Lasts Sports United United States Saws Seeing One Thing Missing Changed Western My Way Last Time Great Sports Pristine Hitchhiking Open Road

Author:Edward Ruscha

“I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer.”

Thinking Lasts Five Minutes Notion Silly Farmers Five Minutes

Author:Matthew Rhys

“It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always tough because you know, the season is very long. I really played a lot this year. Sometimes it's really hard to stay focused all the time because you're really tired after the whole season.”

Knows Years Long Sometimes Hard Whole Lasts Difficult Tough Seasons Tired Focused Stay Focused Slam

Author:Agnieszka Radwanska

“I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.”

Ideas Self Shows Lasts Fashion Fronts Months Models Conscious Green Extraordinary No Idea Self Conscious Undertakings Fashion Show Burberry

Author:Eddie Redmayne

“One of my mother's friends said to me, 'Your ex-boyfriends didn't stand a chance with you and your mother.' And I think I probably was unfair to them because she was the first person and the last person I called about every single thing. Sorry, ex-boyfriends.”

Thinking Firsts Persons Said Lasts Mother Chance Sorry Unfair Exes First Person Ex Boyfriend Your Ex

Author:Lily Rabe

“I will stay in the car until the last minute that I'm going to jump out and do a standup or jump out and do some interviews.”

Lasts Minutes Car Interviews Last Minute

Author:Martha Raddatz

“There are people who would love to spend their last ten years, or five years, or whatever it is, on the surface of Mars.”

People Years Lasts Five Ten Surface Five Years Mars

Author:Mary Roach

“Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.”

Firsts Lasts Girl Names Fans Hey Twilight Flattering That Girl Saga Firsts And Lasts

Author:Nikki Reed

“I had a great time making the last movie, 'Eclipse.' We shot my back-story stuff from the 1930's. But I was waiting for 'Breaking Dawn' because I love the relationship Rosalie has with Jacob and the rest of her family and Bella. She also provides comic relief.”

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Author:Nikki Reed

“I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in a very gentle yet elaborate way.”

Way Stories Lasts Scene Shots My Favorite Yesterday Gentle Eclipse

Author:Nikki Reed

“It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.”

Years Wells Different Running Lasts Sports Enjoy Worry Shapes Last Year Going Out

Author:Paula Radcliffe

“My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.”

Earth Lasts Cold Meals Bowls Cream Blueberries

Author:Rene Redzepi

“On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.”

Way Trying Different Character Stories Shows Happens Lasts Focus Stage Including Stressed Syllables I'm Back Vowels Consonants

Author:Ron Rash

“And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line.”

Lasts Turns Difficult Lines Rap Last Words

Author:Slick Rick

“There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses the middle Thirties through the Sixties, we had a lot of great innovators, all creating things which will last the world for a long, long time.”

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Author:Sonny Rollins

“The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I'm no longer nearly so sure. The last budget put forward in Canada contained not a penny for Mars.”

Men Lasts Walks Lifetime Budgets Canada Mars Apollo Pennies Apollo 11

Author:Spider Robinson

“Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.”

Thinking Lasts Fans Meetings Confused Association Speakers Cartoonist Editorials

Author:Ted Rall

“One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.”

Lasts Courses Grows Cases Forever Wonderful Wonderful Marriage

Author:Alana Stewart

“I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, “What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?” Like, everyone collectively decided, “We’re done!” Over time I got more confidence.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Done Lasts Used Decided Wake Up Yesterday What If Last Day Analytics Pinterest

Author:Ben Silbermann

“I'm a big fan of a lot of graphic novels - 'Fables,' 'Y: The Last Man' and 'The Walking Dead,' which I like a lot more.”

Men Bigs Lasts Novel Fans Walking Graphic Fables Graphic Novels Walking Dead

Author:Cobie Smulders

“Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport.”

Heart Body Care Lasts Sports Arms Balls Legs Take Care Core Shoulders Tennis Workout Stamina Shorts Agility Quickness Core Strength

Author:Samantha Stosur

“I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but to last the journey you have to love tennis as a sport and if you are lucky enough to make it in the pros, it is really a bonus.”

Ifs Thinking Doe Enough Dream Kids Lasts Sports Player Journey Lucky Tennis Bonus

Author:Samantha Stosur

“That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.”

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Author:Samantha Stosur

“America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.”

Ifs Said Matter Hard Lasts America Names Hard Work Drink Coffee Milk Anything Is Possible Where You Come Lattes

Author:Cristina Saralegui

“A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything.”

Want Years Lasts Stuff Sound Interesting Beats Rap Bites Touring Really Interesting Sound Bites Good Dance

Author:Kid Koala

“I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.”

Years Two Running Lasts Form Miles Two Years Last Year Spinning

Author:Gail Simmons

“The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as 'the Vegas of the Middle East' or 'the Venice of the Middle East' or 'the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert' - have been built in the last ten years.”

Ifs World Years Has Beens Lasts Middle Ten Built Size East Reputation Desert Middle East San Francisco Vegas Venice Dubai

Book:The Brain-Dead Megaphone

Source: The Brain-Dead Megaphone

“As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.”

Thinking Way Jobs Lasts Form Actors Shapes Screws Going To Work

Author:Ian Somerhalder

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