David Gemmell Quotes
The point is ... that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.David Gemmell
Quotes to Explore
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
Carla Bley -
I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
Edmonia Lewis -
President Obama's over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I don't know what experience he had at that same age when he was in Indonesia. So I think it's hard for him to grasp that America entrepreneurial spirit.
Foster Friess -
Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
Walton Goggins -
The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.
Padmasree Warrior -
The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
Walter Gropius
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
Ed Royce -
I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
Malala Yousafzai -
If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
Omar Bongo -
L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
Damian Lewis -
Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
Nate Parker -
I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
Vicki Lawrence
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
Dana Hussein -
I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
Daniel Boulud -
I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
Manuel Puig -
To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
Campbell Scott -
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
Yves Behar
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If I ever end up on the worst-dressed list, it's not going to make me fall apart.
Chrissy Metz -
With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
Adam Beach -
Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.
R. W. Apple, Jr. -
Growing up, I was always playing with video games.
M. Shadows -
P.S. I suppose I really should be nicer to people today, considering I'll be singing in Billy Graham's choir tonight...
Larry Wall -
The point is ... that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
David Gemmell