David Brin Quotes
Prison for the crime of puberty-that was how secondary school had seemed, when he really thought back on it.David Brin
Quotes to Explore
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
Edith Pearlman -
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
E. O. Wilson -
During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
Questlove -
There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
Iris Apfel -
In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.
Yoenis Cespedes -
My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
Victor Hugo
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
Abhishek Bachchan -
When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
Imogen Cunningham -
A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
Sabine Lisicki -
You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
Laila Ali -
Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!
Adam Pascal
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
Hans Kung -
I love doing every role I do!
Malcolm McDowell -
My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
Cameron van der Burgh -
The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
Oswald Chambers -
The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
Abraham Lincoln
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In comics, you have to imagine what happens. I really loved it; I loved collecting. I loved following the adventures and figuring out what was going to happen next. I was a huge X-Men fan; I was a huge Spider-Man fan, and, to large degree, I remain one. It's literature for me; it's art.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
People need to make their voices heard in an orderly fashion.
Jeff Fortenberry -
I worked at a nursing home though high school... There's a lost appreciation for a generation that has so much to tell us when we're so full of self-help books and doctors on TV.
Bonnie Hunt -
Filmmaking in general is my second career. I thought that writing wasn't practical, so I went to business school and got an MBA, and I worked three years in grant management.
Dee Rees -
I had been coming to New York, pretty much once a month, to dance on Broadway. I was offered a huge Broadway show but couldn't do it because my brother was having his huge Bar Mitzvah.
Sami Gayle -
Prison for the crime of puberty-that was how secondary school had seemed, when he really thought back on it.
David Brin