Charles Jencks Quotes
What is a garden if not a miniaturization and celebration, of the place we are in, the universe?Charles Jencks
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
Every morning I wake up and thank God.
Aaron Neville -
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
Nathan Fillion -
With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
Maggie Carey -
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker -
Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
Vera Rubin
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
Felicity Jones -
We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
Wadah Khanfar -
Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
Wendelin Van Draanen -
India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.
Narendra Modi -
Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
C. S. Lewis -
To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
Gary Goetzman
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
Vernon L. Smith -
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
P. J. Harvey -
New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.
Action Bronson -
My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
Pat Robertson -
Crime novels, it has been said, show the human psyche under pressure.
Vicki Delany -
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
Sam Levenson
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It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
Jeremy Bentham -
It is perilously possible to make our conceptions of God like molten lead poured into a specially designed mould, and when it is cold and hard we fling it at the heads of the religious people who don't agree with us.
Oswald Chambers -
what a luxury it was for people to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted
Cecelia Ahern -
In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
Quentin Crisp -
What is a garden if not a miniaturization and celebration, of the place we are in, the universe?
Charles Jencks