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A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments. — Sheryl Sandberg

It takes a while to spoil a world, but it can be done. — Ursula K. Le Guin

He lies right at you, you know you hate this game. He slaps you once in a while and you live and love in pain. — Alice Cooper

I moved out eventually of the White House and moved into a townhouse with a group of girls while I was in college. — Susan Ford

While eating a delicious food, remember the peasants and the workers who made this possible! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody. — Evan Wright

I lay still for a while, picking up the scattered garments of my mind and trying to assemble some kind of reasonable outfit from them. — Richard K. Morgan

An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story. — Lorrie Moore

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid. — Anne Lamott

After university, I taught secondary school for a while and opened a bookshop in Greenwich, just east of London. — Nigel Hamilton

Myths often do a lot of theoretical good, while they are still new. — Gilbert Ryle

God help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying past — Ani DiFranco

In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran. — Zaha Hadid

Either way, everything will be fine, she smiled, and for a little while I was pulled out of my anxious, stunted brain cloud. — Tina Fey

Knowledge is a unique kind of property, indeed: you can share it with others, while still possessing it. — Eraldo Banovac

When I look in the mirror, I don't see my Dad, I see my grandmother. For a while it was my mother looking back at me. If only it was my Dad. — Colin Firth

Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate. — Larry David

While the rain continued it had seemed like the murmur of their voices, rising and swelling a little now and then with gusts of emotion. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I lose myself in a world that isn't mine and for a while, that's for the best. — Courtney Cole

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. — Robert Green Ingersoll

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever. — Joel Siegel

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends. — Mark Hopkins

I was a strange kid in that, while most kids hate school and want to turn 18 or 21, I loved high school. — Will Ferrell

After a while, Eve thought, marriage turned walls into clear glass so both of you could see right through each other. — J.D. Robb

Take a glass of wine while reading, your feet on the back of your slave. This is the best combination of pleasures that is. — Danny Tyran

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. — Edmond De Goncourt

The world won't wait for you to change, not ever. You either take a chance or you stay in one place while everything else goes on. — Megan Hart

While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved. — Donald A. Wollheim

And while a brand is so much more than a company's logo, the logo is one of the key ambassadors to any brand. — David Brier

For a while she had a vague longing to be a psychologist. "Talking therapy is dead," Gary said when she raised the idea. "It's all pills now. — Rafael Yglesias

He inhales a shaky breath while looking down at my mouth. You make it so hard to breathe. — Colleen Hoover

Uh, Miss, you have second and third degree burns that need treatment,"he said.
"They'll be okay. I'll just use concealer for a while. — Cinda Williams Chima

Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer. — Amity Gaige

A friend worth knowing tolerates your flaws while a friend worth keeping loves you in spite of them. — K.E. Garvey

I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while. — Bette Greene

Enjoy the world while you can I say. A shallow enough philosophy by which to live, but shallow is what I've got. Besides deep is apt to drown you. — Mark Lawrence

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something. — Wilson Mizner

I'm a Midwesterner! Not being able to have a cheeseburger once in a while would be torture! — Jessica Capshaw

We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book. — Deborah Harkness

I'd essentially compartmentalized my life so I could be two different people for a while, but it hadn't worked in the end. — Monica Alexander

While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough. — John Cleese

It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job. But I'm not qualified to do anything. That's the problem. — Jehane Noujaim

Everyone needs something else once in a while. There's no shame in that. — Jill Shalvis

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted. — Nia Vardalos

You know as far as diet goes, for a while I was really obsessed with counting fat grams along with the rest of the world. — Jean Smart

Need to go chase the wind for a while, you are too serious. — Patrick Rothfuss

While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough. — Jesse Jackson

I started getting interested in the notes that I could hear being generated when I hammered on while playing a classical guitar. — Fred Frith

so I decided to fall into fiction in order to forget about reality for a while. When — Brittainy C. Cherry

How they had dreamed together, he and she ... how they had planned, and laughed, and loved. They had lived for a while in the very heart of poetry. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us. — Tommy Bolin

Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while — Anne Lamott

I've known for quite a while that I was a funny girl. — Niecy Nash

While some one LOVE you for a reason,
another one will HATE you for same reason.. — Arafath Shanas

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for them to come. — Marc Newson

To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while. — Jean-Paul Sartre

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense — Morton Blackwell

There's a Hasidic proverb: 'While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.'" Jacob — Jonathan Safran Foer

I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies. — Sidney Altman

I didn't come up with the lie. It wasn't mine. They handed the lie to me, and I tried like hell to make it work for a while. — Kenneth Logan

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever! — Sholem Asch

I've been readen th Bible an a hunten God fer a long while-off an on- but it ain't so easy as picken up a nickel off the floor. — Harriette Simpson Arnow

Recipe for a long life: Only smoke while awake. Only run when being chased. — Mark Twain

I know we can't have a great architecture while it is only for the landlord. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I eat everything. I still like to go to Peter Luger once in a while. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh. — Betty White

It's the people who smile at you during the day while plunging a knife in your back that are the monsters. — Katie McGarry

There is a pause, while she turns the great pages of her volume of rage, and puts her finger on just the right word. — Hilary Mantel

While wishing a beautiful snowing for the streets of your city, do not forget also to wish a warm house for the homeless! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion. — Pauline Kael

I felt bad for trying to live a happy, full life, while my heart was buried in a dead man's chest. — Kristen Hope Mazzola

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn. — Lord Mountbatten

If you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while ... — John Geddes

No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life. — J.G. Holland

Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. — William Goldman

The dream gives a true picture of the subjective state, while the conscious mind denies that this state exists, or recognizes it only grudgingly. — C. G. Jung

There had not been this many words sounded in our house for a long time, and it was going to take a while to clean them out. — Shirley Jackson

Work? Come on, Sage. Go buy a bikini and enjoy the pool while you're hanging around. — Richelle Mead

Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin

He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince. — Laozi

Enjoy yourself while you have the chance, I say; we shall all be dead in a hundred years and what will anything matter then? — W. Somerset Maugham

He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a scourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing. — Lao-Tzu

God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away. God lies in wait for us with nothing so much as love. — Meister Eckhart

Some of you may think I'm a freak. While others may think I'm intriguing. Hot, some might say — Heather Brewer

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation. — Maya Angelou

Luke's eyes were on a government position in DC, while all Natalie wanted was help make the world a sweeter place. — Ophelia London

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books. — John Hodgman

A heart can stop beating for a while, one can still live. — Suzanne Finnamore

Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you. — Meg Haston

It's wonderful to get lost in a piece of music, she'd said. To forget your name for a while. — Marisha Pessl

Yeah, well, I try to think for myself once in a while, rather than buy in to the ridiculous propaganda the media would have us believe. — Marissa Meyer

I was on tour with Michael Jackson for a while; I did the 'Dangerous' and 'History' tours. I was also on tour with Diana Ross. — Cris Judd

Your path will diverge for a while, but do not let that worry you. You have known difficulty before, but you will survive and thrive. — Joanne Guidoccio

I suppose the difference between baby people and me is that I do not consider smiling while farting 'holding up your end of a conversation. — Lizz Winstead

Get a child interested in learning a skill while young and they will remember forever. — Sybrina Durant

While I am not saying Facebook cannot be a wonderland for marketers, I am still waiting to see the proof of it, and so should every reporter. — Kara Swisher

As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan. — Jan Schakowsky

This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos. — Dave Eggers

I only wanted her to hold still for a little while, and not to mind that I loved her. — Catherine M. Wilson

I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Parachute Jump while eating a Nathan's hot dog. — Harold Feinstein