Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand InquisitorFyodor Dostoevsky
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
H. G. Bissinger -
Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
Sally Pearson -
By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'
Edgar Wright -
Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson -
Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
Rachel Corrie -
If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
Gary Johnson
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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
Nancy Friday -
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
Quintilian -
Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.
Laura Dern -
When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
If you're cast on 'The Vampire Diaries,' the likelihood of you dying is very good.
Kat Graham
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I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I loved working with people and seeing the joys in family when they welcome a new member to it. It really brought me joy to be around that.
Natalie Martinez -
Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.
Ralph Marston -
I enjoy what I do because it keeps evolving - when I was a cook, I wanted to be a chef de partie; when I was a chef de partie, I wanted to be a chef; when I was a chef, I wanted to be a restaurateur, and now I am a chef entrepreneur. I am still fulfilling my dream.
Daniel Boulud -
When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
Madison Pettis -
I can understand going for Botox at 45-50, when you want to keep things in place. But I don't understand 25 year olds going for Botox or under the knife. You don't require it. Your skin is fresh, young. Why would you do that to yourself?
Kajol -
Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink.
Barry Diller
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You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.
Kevin Hart -
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
Wendell Willkie -
A fox and a wolf are both canine, both belong to the dog family. Now you take your choice. You going to choose a Northern dog or a Southern dog? Because either dog you choose, I guarantee you’ll still be in the dog house. This is why I say it’s the ballot or the bullet. It’s liberty or it’s death. It’s freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
Malcolm X -
Something about writing needs a sort of distance not to be involved as a writer - just something that makes it easier to write. You have to make choices all the time - what to tell and what not to tell.
Lena Andersson -
Then people started to point fingers. They didn't say nobody wants to see bad movies. Instead, they said nobody wants to see movie musicals.
Neil Meron -
Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand Inquisitor
Fyodor Dostoevsky