Floyd Skloot Quotes
In 'A Poetics of Optics,' Equi writes that 'all images bank on alchemy.' This idea captures her fundamental sense of poetry as turning common material into something rare and valuable.Floyd Skloot
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
Garry Trudeau -
After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
Becki Newton -
The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.
Sai Baba -
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
Rachel McAdams -
NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
Frances Beinecke -
I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
Rachel Zoe
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
Patricia Cornwell -
Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
E. Joseph Cossman -
When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
Tatum O'Neal -
There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
Karisma Kapoor -
Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
Adam Brody -
My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing.
Maggie Smith
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it - they haven't had a black girl on the cover since forever.' She's no longer my publicist.
Zendaya -
People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
Park Chan-wook -
According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
Viktor Orban -
When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want to know why some things worked and why others did not. My interest took me to culinary school.
Carla Hall -
Sexy is a girl who's comfortable with herself. Long legs are beautiful... and also a nice neck.
Scott Speedman
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I grew up with a lot of exiles from Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia - I grew up with them, and I gained a family; I gained friends.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
Felix Dennis -
We have a motto at Naropa: 'Keep the world safe for poetry.' It's humorous but has some real bite to it. If the world is safe for poetry, it can be safe for many other things.
Anne Waldman -
I've never really seen myself as an actress. I told myself, 'I'm not going to get a job where I need to put on makeup, or one that I need to do my nails.' I hate the idea of putting on makeup, then removing it.”
Ann Kok -
In 'A Poetics of Optics,' Equi writes that 'all images bank on alchemy.' This idea captures her fundamental sense of poetry as turning common material into something rare and valuable.
Floyd Skloot