Jack Gilbert Quotes
We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones.Jack Gilbert
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
Madhuri Dixit -
To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
Valentino Rossi -
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
Carl Honore -
I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
Damon Albarn Blur -
Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
Uma Thurman -
When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
Dani Shapiro
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu -
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
Faith Prince -
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
Carl Hiaasen -
Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
Olivia Thirlby -
An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
Valentino Garavani
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Wayne Dyer -
The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.
Carl Bernstein -
Respect the burden.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.
Barbara Januszkiewicz -
I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.
Nancy O'Dell -
My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
Rachel Platten
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But the Queen has no such veto; She must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her.
Walter Bagehot -
Nothing is more vain than to seek to unite men by a philosophic minimum.
Jacques Maritain -
We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grainShrunk in the wind,-and the lightning now Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain.
Rain -
I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
Edgar Winter -
Jung fiercely resented the implication that he was a hypocritical, self-seeking Judas, a 'rat'. Yet there was just enough truth in it to strike home. He was undoubtedly a man who liked his own way, no matter what the cost to others.
Colin Wilson -
We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones.
Jack Gilbert