Omar Khayyam Quotes
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.Omar Khayyam
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I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.
Pam Ferris -
Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
Sachin Tendulkar -
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
Kate Atkinson -
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
Campbell Scott -
I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
Jack McBrayer
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
Barney Frank -
Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
D. L. Hughley -
As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
Gary Player -
Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
Gary Zukav -
Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.
Barbara Demick -
I want to make a name for myself.
Fatima Siad
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
Ian Williams Battles -
Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
Waris Dirie -
The historian is a prophet looking backward.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
Manika
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
Vernon Howard -
Everyone needs to be able to have their own space in which to be themselves.
Emily Osment -
No one was perfect. But we all did the best we could. I guessed you had to forgive when you could, move on when you couldn't, and love your family and friends for who they were instead of punishing them for who they weren't.
Sarah Mlynowski -
Of course, the majority of us would speak up in the face of outrageous bigotry, but do we speak up in a social situation when someone casually refers to something as 'gay'? If we don't, we are standing with the homophobes whom we are quietly fighting.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Because when I have been busy at the United Nations during crises, it has meant working day and night.
Pauline Frederick -
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
Omar Khayyam