Walter Pater Quotes
The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.Walter Pater
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
Daniel Craig -
I think I'm a bit odd.
Tamsin Greig -
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
Nadine Velazquez -
A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
Q-Tip -
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
B. B. King
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold -
At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
Dan Stevens -
Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
Oliver Stone -
I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
Taylor Dane -
I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
Tammy Duckworth -
Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
Action Bronson
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
Rachel McAdams -
I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
Fiona Shaw -
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
Vera Farmiga -
I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to develop my game. But it also helped me off the ice. Life here is way different, and I was able to get older.
Saku Koivu -
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra -
I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
O. J. Simpson
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A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.
Orlando Bloom -
I think about museums often. There are things that I want museums to do that they often don't. For me, I like it when there's a system within the museum that can continuously change - whether it's a museum that is nomadic or one that's designed so the building can shape-shift. I like restless spaces, and I want to be engaged.
Doug Aitken -
You find your limits by going out and trying. We're just like anybody else in any other job. You just can't work 90 hour weeks. You can't do it. We can't sing seven days a week.
Kristian Bush Sugarland -
I love being a freak. It's great!
Brian Molko Placebo -
You’d think people would realize they’re bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by a dopamine-adrenaline feedback loop, in which multitaskers think they are doing great.
Daniel Levitin -
The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.
Walter Pater