Vicki Baum Quotes
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The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it.
Ferdinand Christian Baur -
I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
Lance Reddick -
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
Manfred Eigen -
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
Vikram Seth -
We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind.
Rachel Shelley -
I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.
Madeleine Albright
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
Daniel A. D'Aniello -
Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
Gary Gygax -
The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
Nancy Lopez -
I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
Paris Jackson -
In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
Sam Hunt -
As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
Tananarive Due
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
LaToya London -
Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
Daniel Barenboim -
In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
Walter Kirn -
I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
Imogen Cunningham
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I read a lot of news online, but I like buying a paper because I'll read an article I wouldn't normally read. And more often than not, the articles that you don't expect to care about are the ones that grab you.
Eddie Kaye Thomas -
Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
Patrick Modiano -
People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
D. A. Pennebaker -
A woman who is loved always has success.
Vicki Baum