#some

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#blogs #care #haven #i #interesting

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#became #columbia #columbia university #drop #expected

Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence. ↗

— Jenna Elfman

#does #encouraging #gives #hippie #hippies

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television. ↗

— Jenna Elfman

#amazing #because #being #example #good

Playing in front of an audience was just such a turn-on for me, and you have 200 people in the audience and it's like doing live theater. And filming something that goes to millions of people several weeks later, it's an interesting dynamic. ↗

— Jenna Elfman

#doing #dynamic #filming #front #goes

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#cause #due #either #fail #i

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#attributes #combine #efforts #encouraging #enthusiasm

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all. ↗

— Shannon Elizabeth

#am #charity #driven #even #focus

But I do enjoy the freedom of doing a movie and then having some time off. ↗

— David James Elliott

#enjoy #freedom #having #i #i do

Somebody ask me, 'Alberto, why you not race in Torino?' I finished my career here in 1998, the 15 of March which was my last victory. ↗

— Alberto Tomba

#career #finished #here #i #last