Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes
I work very hard, you know, but I don't think that I'm working, because what I do pleases me so much. I write about certain things because certain things happen to me.Mario Vargas Llosa
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
Ed Koch -
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
Zadie Smith -
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
Pat Metheny -
It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there.
Patrick Stewart -
I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
Paloma Faith
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
Zig Ziglar -
The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
Pat Robertson -
I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
Carine Roitfeld -
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
Viggo Mortensen -
If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
Olivier Martinez
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
Karen Handel -
I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
Victor LaValle -
I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.
J. William Fulbright -
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.
Maimonides -
At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
Dan Gertler
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
Wallis Simpson -
All of us needed to contribute in order for us to get that win. Some nights are going to be like that.
Alonzo Mourning -
I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities.
Twyla Tharp -
Venturing further than the length of your sightOut past the reach of your beginningsThere is a gamble in each proud act of flightBut the losses pale before the winningsCircling and diving with this freedom you’ve foundIllusion blows apart and scattersThere is no darkness in this place that we're boundLove is the only thing that matters
Dan Fogelberg -
The only thing I know for sure about the creative process is it always comes back. Magically. When there are no creative juices and nothing is coming to me - if I wait - it comes!
Mary Elizabeth Lease -
I work very hard, you know, but I don't think that I'm working, because what I do pleases me so much. I write about certain things because certain things happen to me.
Mario Vargas Llosa