R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes
Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.R. Buckminster Fuller
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
Venus Williams -
If an ordinary person parks outside another ordinary person's house for a week, it's considered stalking. If, however, that person is considered newsworthy, it's perfectly legal for paparazzi to do the same thing.
Vince Vaughn -
I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
Malin Akerman -
In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
Adam McKay -
I realize that things happen for a reason.
Karl Malone -
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde
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A great painting is a great painting.
Larry Poons -
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
Warren E. Burger -
Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
Natasha Bedingfield -
As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
Felicity Jones -
I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
Dambisa Moyo -
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
Aaron Sorkin
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Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.
Ville Valo HIM -
I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
Karen Kingsbury -
People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
Karl Pilkington -
I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
Zac Goldsmith -
For the future world-trading regime to mirror economic reality and to allow the use of modern business strategies, we need a single overarching multilateral framework for trade. We can have either a flat world or a patchwork of crisscrossing mountain ranges and tunnels.
Victor Fung -
My favourite smell on a man is Lynx and Marc Jacobs.
Abbey Clancy
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
Laura Wilkinson -
Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.
Dana Plato -
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
Jack Kemp -
Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.
Gary Owens -
The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
Umberto Eco -
Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
R. Buckminster Fuller