Freya Stark Quotes
The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.Freya Stark
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What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
Yoko Ono -
The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
Rafael Palmeiro -
The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
Sam Heughan -
I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
Wendell Berry -
The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
Venus Williams -
No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
Kate Moss
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
Nancy Kerrigan -
My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
Sam Smith -
Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
Victoria Aveyard -
Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
Pat Barker -
After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
Venus Williams -
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
Orville Wright
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
Victoria Pendleton -
You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
Maika Monroe -
My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
Jack Whitehall -
I'm easy to hate. I get it.
Olivia Munn -
That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
Barbara Hale -
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't like... I would definitely do that.
Jack White The White Stripes -
There's a great deal of love for one another on this club. Perhaps we're living in Camelot.
Jerry Kramer -
I do not live in the world of sobriety.
Oliver Reed -
I love 'True Blood!'
Elizabeth Reaser -
The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
Freya Stark