Christopher Priest Quotes
There is no such thing as Christian art or secular art - writing, painting, drawing, whatever it is.Christopher Priest
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
Yo-Yo Ma -
Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
Florence Nightingale -
We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
Radhanath Swami -
I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
Daisy Donovan -
In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
Rabindranath Tagore -
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
Eden Phillpotts
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Oliver Herford -
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
H. P. Lovecraft -
From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
Sachin Tendulkar -
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
Lao Tzu -
'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
Edmund White -
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra
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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.
Aaron Sorkin -
Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
Yami Gautam -
It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
Pankaj Patel -
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Oscar Wilde -
I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
Iman -
The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
Gail Sheehy
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If you're doing the same job every day, there's room for error.
Karl Pilkington -
The addition of vinaigrette to freshly roasted vegetables gives them a freshness and juiciness they don't normally have; the acidity brings out new shades of flavour, too.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us;The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in,The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,We bargain for the graves we lie in;At the Devil's booth are all things soldEach ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
James Russell Lowell -
Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
Claude Monet -
He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.
Emily Dickinson -
There is no such thing as Christian art or secular art - writing, painting, drawing, whatever it is.
Christopher Priest