Iris Murdoch Quotes
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.Iris Murdoch
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Los Angeles is a city of few hard targets. Its iconic buildings are private spaces, mostly residential, visible by invitation only or in the pages of a Taschen book. Its central industry is as mirage-like as the projection of light on a screen.
Dana Goodyear -
My youth held little forecast of a career in biomedical research. I was born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, and spent my childhood in a rural area on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
J. Michael Bishop -
I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
Olga Kurylenko -
I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
Vera Wang -
I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
Sam Hunt -
On my days off, I love denim cut off shorts with gladiator sandals and crop tops.
Kat Graham
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The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
Aaron Copland -
You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
Parker Posey -
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
Malcolm X -
I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
Walter Payton -
There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census population figures and require 50-55 million tonnes for distribution.
K. V. Thomas -
The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.
Ursula Burns
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
Zhu Zhu -
There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
Samantha Mathis -
I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
Rafael Nadal -
A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
Federico Fellini -
I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
Daniel Espinosa
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Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.
Fernando Pessoa -
Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.
Salman Rushdie -
I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances.
Mark Ruffalo -
However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions.
Gerard Arpey -
Telomerase Activation is the single most promising approach to reversing the effects of aging.
Michael Fossel -
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
Iris Murdoch