Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
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I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view.
Oscar Isaac -
A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
D. A. Pennebaker -
Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
Ted Nugent -
In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
Pankaj Mishra -
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
Abbas Kiarostami -
I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
Walter Salles
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
Jaclyn Smith -
It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
Owen Hart -
I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
One in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a wage.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
Explosions are not comfortable.
Yevgeny Zamyatin -
Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
Patch Adams
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There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.
Taylor Wilson -
I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
Ban Ki-moon -
I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
Taron Egerton -
The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
Wayne Rooney -
I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
Mandy Patinkin -
I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
Ja Rule
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I used homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga and meditation in conjunction with my chemotherapy to help me get stronger again after the cancer. I also chanted with Buddhist friends and prayed with Christian friends. I covered all my bases.
Olivia Newton-John -
I knew just by reading this guy, Nathanael West, that he was probably one of those icky East Coast guys with glasses who got mad because when he came to L.A., all those starlets preferred producers or cowboys to him.
Eve Babitz -
I can cite numerous sponsors at different places in my career that made a huge difference for me just in terms of pulling me aside and giving me a tip or some coaching, or just watching what I was doing and not being afraid to tell me the truth about it.
Denise Morrison -
Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.
William Butler Yeats -
Ice cubes likely sell more alcohol for the distilling industry than attractive models in cheesecake poses. The inconspicuous ice cubes often hide the invisible sell - invisible, that is, to the conscious mind.
Wilson Bryan Key -
If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti