John Crowley Quotes
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.John Crowley
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action.
Victoria Osteen -
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
F. H. Bradley -
If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
Abbey Clancy -
It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
Danica McKellar -
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Florence King -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
Ferdinand Mount -
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
Taylor Caldwell -
The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
Karen Fairchild Little Big Town -
Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
Zach Anner -
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
Ferdinand Marcos -
Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
Larry Wilcox
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Excellence always sells.
Earl Nightingale -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
Pat Robertson -
Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
Kangana Ranaut -
A laugh is a terrible weapon.
Kate O'Brien -
My life is studded with a series of coincidences.
Manju Warrier
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I've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.
Jennifer Warnes -
Marriage equality is a hustler's feeding frenzy of gold-diggers. I campaigned for marriage equality in Maryland because I believe we should have the right to it, but I personally don't want to get married. I don't want to imitate the traditions of heterosexual people. I hate weddings: they make me uneasy.
John Waters -
It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American.
Miriam Makeba -
I don't put a penny's value on this life if only our Lord will give me a tiny corner in Paradise.
Camillus de Lellis -
I'm the gun guy, a loud guitar Dirty Harry with a ponytail.
Ted Nugent -
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.
John Crowley