John Lanchester Quotes
I think 'community,' in the sense in which politicians use, it is largely a cant term.John Lanchester
Quotes to Explore
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
Haley Joel Osment -
I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
Illeana Douglas -
Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
Edgar Ramirez -
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Ovid -
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
Iris Murdoch -
In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
Adam Driver -
I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.
Kaley Cuoco -
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Immanuel Kant -
There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
Maira Kalman -
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
Xenophanes -
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
Abraham Lincoln
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When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.
Octavia Spencer -
I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
Sam Houston -
The more playoff games and Super Bowls and things of that nature that you're in obviously is going to build your portfolio and raise your visibility.
Larry Fitzgerald -
I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.
Camille Paglia
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Raising the minimum wage means we have workers paying more in to support the Social Security system.
Elizabeth Warren -
Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.
Zig Ziglar -
Your basic physical makeup does influence the parts you're offered. If you're big, they cast you either dumb or tough, although there are exceptions. Clint Eastwood and James Arness carved out niches for themselves in Westerns. I just hope I won't be faced with doing 'Li'l Abner' in dinner theater for the rest of my career.
Bill Fagerbakke -
I'm all in favor of banks that play their part in community endeavors, private individuals looking for loans, people who want to start up a little business, and that's what banks are for.
Ian Anderson -
In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies.
Jim Costa -
I think 'community,' in the sense in which politicians use, it is largely a cant term.
John Lanchester