V. S. Naipaul Quotes
If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie.V. S. Naipaul
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
Harry Browne -
You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
Ira Sachs -
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Salman Rushdie -
I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
Sam Smith -
I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
Umberto Eco -
There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
Adam Hasner
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
Damien Hirst -
I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
Lana Turner -
I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
Pat Paulsen -
In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living.
Sam Shepard -
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac Asimov -
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I was raised doing martial arts.
Victor Webster -
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
Quentin Crisp -
In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
Carl Wilson -
Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
Maajid Nawaz -
I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
Warren Christopher -
My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.
Vin Diesel
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Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.
John Philip Sousa -
Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.
Alvin Toffler -
There is no such way to gain admittance, or give defence to strange and absurd Doctrines, as to guard them round about with Legions of obscure, doubtful, and undefin'd Words.
John Locke Nazareth -
In Prison Wearily, drearily, Half the day long, Flap the great banners High over the stone; Strangely and eerily Sounds the wind's song, Bending the banner-poles. While, all alone, Watching the loophole's spark, Lie I, with life all dark, Feet tethered, hands fettered Fast to the stone, The grim walls, square lettered With prisoned men's groan. Still strain the banner-poles Through the wind's song, Westward the banner rolls Over my wrong.
William Morris -
Never in the known history of man has a people or nation stockpiled weapons and in the end not used them. But if we use the weapons we have stockpiled it will be the end of nations and peoples if not the end of the whole race. Never has the human family so urgently needed a transformation of consciousness. Those who devote themselves to contemplative meditation are performing a most basic and loving service. It is a very real response to the call to love and to act.
Basil Pennington -
If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie.
V. S. Naipaul