Chris Bohjalian Quotes
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
Damian Marley -
Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
Malorie Blackman -
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
Yves Saint Laurent -
People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
Kapil Dev -
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.
Abraham Lincoln -
I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
Forest Whitaker
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It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter.
Samuel Beckett -
Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
Rachel Stevens -
My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
Jackie Jackson The Jacksons -
Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
Pablo Picasso -
I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
Barbara Palvin -
When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
Eddie Marsan
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Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
Rachel Kushner -
Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
E. F. Benson -
For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
Upamanyu Chatterjee -
Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.
Jack Reed -
I dare to do things - that's how I survive.
Gail Sheehy -
Hopefully, one day I won't have to be so caught up in all of that day-to-day, the Twitter and the Instagram. But I also would like to, at some point, turn off and take a break and also be, like, an artist.
Madi Diaz
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The magic in performing as an entertaining ventriloquist happens when the characters come to life and the interaction between the separate personalities on stage becomes 'real.' Then don't forget that the act has to be funny, and to me, being funny and entertaining any given audience is more important than anything.
Jeff Dunham -
When I first signed on to play Tommen, I started speculating about when he was going to die. I sort of knew he wouldn't be the last one on the throne, but Tommen doesn't really deserve to have his throat slit or his stomach jabbed. In a way, Tommen died the way he was - it was a peaceful death.
Dean-Charles Chapman -
I found the brick-making process fascinating - how, after being burnt, the brick would come out strong. I liked to sit on the stack of bricks and look as far as I could. I'd do the same at a hillock near my school - just sit on top at leisure and enjoy the feeling of being on top of the world.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
Raghuram Rajan -
I love John Stamos. John's a really friendly, cool dude.
Chord Overstreet -
There is a lot of my childhood in 'The Sandcastle Girls.'
Chris Bohjalian