A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
Some memorizers arbitrarily associate each playing card with a familiar person or object, so that the king of clubs is represented by, say, Tony Danza. The grand masters associate each card with a person, an action, or an object so that every group of three cards can be converted into a sentence.
Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals', the ones who somehow know how to teach.
Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and the only way we could change that was by sending a different type of person to Washington.
I look at that person and I'm like, That's not Kelli White. That's not who I am, who I started out to be.
I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.
I always wanted to be more of a person that people enjoy. Somebody that will make you laugh. I'm talking about just my personality, not necessarily how my music sounds.
As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.
I've been watching RFD-TV for a few years. As a person who lives mostly in the country, I appreciate a network that shows the many facets of rural life.
There is a difference between the typical politician and the statesman. A typical politician is that person who tells people what people want to hear, while the statesman tells people what people need to know.
In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.
The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad' determines what it means.
It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight.
My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.
I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.
My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.
Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.
In Australia, we point out a person's weaknesses as a way of saying 'I see you and I accept you'. If you do that with Americans, they instantly take offence.
Someone who's honest about their golf game, I think, is a person who's right in the world.
I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me 'Person of the Week,' and like I told her, 'Diane, I love my daughter.' I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 because of the judgment.
I'm not an intimate person, really.
For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.
One thing about me is that I'm very much like the Black Madonna. I love to reinvent myself and that's because I am a very free person.
If I wouldn't offend my religion or God, why would I want to offend an audience because in effect those people are being watched over by the same person.
I do fear God, but I will also tell you that when a doctor diagnoses you and the word 'cancer' comes out of his mouth, at that point, it changes your life and you do fear less and it also has allowed me to be a lot more open as a person. It's changed me.
I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person.
I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
I'd rather have just one person who reads and feels my work deeply than hundreds of thousands who read it but don't really care about.
I was a student at SF State, and I honestly didn't know where I was headed. I thought maybe something in the social sciences. But I happened to be living with a group of people, and one person was a film student. I was always keen on and aware of what she was doing.
We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it carefully. Meanwhile, idiots focus on marginal productivity hacks and gains while they leak out energy each passing day.
Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of a young person's life where he must make a decision that will change his life forever. I still remember what it's like to be twelve years old.
When I do fall in love, I'll go to the ends of the earth for that person. I'd lay down on a carpet of nails for the person I love.
