Anne Carson Quotes
Prowling the meanings of a word, prowling the history of a person, no use expecting a flood of light. Human words have no main switch. But all those little kidnaps in the dark. And then the luminous, big, shivering, discandied, unrepentant, barking web of them that hangs in your mind when you turn back to the page you were trying to translate.Anne Carson
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
B. H. Liddell Hart -
I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
Olesya Rulin -
I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
Candice Olson -
A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
Walter Salles -
There were very, very large sums of money that I made when I was very young - 15 million published works and a great many successful movies don't make nothin'.
L. Ron Hubbard -
I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
Karen O
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
Adam Jones -
I think that's the ultimate sign of a teammate and respect is that they compete against one another so hard at practice that here's a chance to share some knowledge inside. It takes some humility to do that.
Dan Quinn -
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
Saint Francis de Sales -
All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
Edmund Wilson -
But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
Vanessa Kerry -
I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
Haley Bennett
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
Sally Ride -
The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
Brown Campbell -
The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
Malcolm Wallop -
And I think I have a distinct voice.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait years and years for the next book.
P. C. Cast -
Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'
E. L. James
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We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
Lal Bahadur Shastri -
I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.
Vanessa Brown -
Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.
Jesse Ventura -
Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.
Bryce Harper -
I love satire. Evelyn Waugh is one of my favorite writers of all time. He's hilarious. He's so wicked. He's so great. On the other hand, pure satire is an imitation. It doesn't really have any heart. It only holds things up to ridicule.
T. C. Boyle -
Prowling the meanings of a word, prowling the history of a person, no use expecting a flood of light. Human words have no main switch. But all those little kidnaps in the dark. And then the luminous, big, shivering, discandied, unrepentant, barking web of them that hangs in your mind when you turn back to the page you were trying to translate.
Anne Carson