#ear

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#bitter #contract #fortunately #found #get

Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#better #certain #changing #did #doing

New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#aids #alzheimer #animal #been #cancer

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire. ↗

— Mark Akenside

#could #doth #ever #every #experience

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different. ↗

— Kenneth Baker

#clearly #collapsing #conservative #conservative party #different

I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you. ↗

— Edward Albee

#existed #i #swear #you

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day. ↗

— Edward Albert

#another #another day #day #days #fear

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act. ↗

— Kenny Baker

#approached #been #business #i #join

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#being #bright #clothes #colors #i

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#active #bottom #bottom line #by the time #get