Anthony Douglas Williams (A.D. Williams) Quotes
When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as "animals", yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.Anthony Douglas Williams
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
Camilla Lackberg -
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Felicia Hemans -
The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.
Eddie Marsan -
It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
Adam Grant -
Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
Larry Hagman -
I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing.
Zeljko Ivanek
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
Lalu Prasad Yadav -
I would say I'm self-taught, but Corinne Day made me less conscious of myself. I was 15, and she'd make me take off my top, and I'd cry. After five years, you get used to it, and you're not self-conscious anymore.
Kate Moss -
I think we spent 60-something million on 'Hateful Eight,' which is actually more than I wanted to spend, but we had weather problems. And I wanted to make it good.
Quentin Tarantino -
I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.
Tamae Watanabe -
If a writer is always trying to keep a narrator emitting a tone of complete knowingness, it can become false.
Rachel Kushner -
If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
Ian Mckellen
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I'm trying to get a thicker skin. I like to be aware of people's perceptions of me, but when you put it as a priority, as a means to judging your worth, that's when it can be dangerous.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
You can keep the dining room clean by eating in the kitchen.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Let us honour if we canThe vertical manThough we value noneBut the horizontal one.
W. H. Auden -
'I see . . .' said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window. first line
Anne Rice -
I hate pockets in trousers … By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.
Freddie Mercury Queen -
A strong sense of purpose drives businesses to take the long view and invest for growth.
Punit Renjen
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Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity.
Norman Foster -
If I wanted to play the violin, I had to work. Because anything that one wants to do really, and one loves doing, one must do everyday. It should be as easy to the artist and as natural as flying is to a bird. And you can’t imagine a bird saying well, I’m tired today, I’m not going to fly!
Yehudi Menuhin -
Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments, in particular your ego attachments to identity and who you are. If you can get over your attachment to labeling yourself and your cherishing of your identity, you can be virtually anybody. You can slip in and out of different shells, even different animal forms or deity forms.
Zeena Schreck -
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
Cameron Russell -
When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as "animals", yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.
Anthony Douglas Williams