Ella Maillart Quotes
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.Ella Maillart
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
Hannah Kent -
I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
Zara Larsson -
I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
K. Flay -
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
Gary Busey
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I see myself as a story teller.
E. L. James -
Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
Tabatha Coffey -
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Washington Irving -
And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
Pamela Anderson -
A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
Sam Keen -
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
Nancy Gibbs
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
Katey Sagal -
A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
Ralph W. Sockman -
Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.
Karen Horney -
I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
Aaron Sorkin -
I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
Sam Waterston -
Dancing is a beautiful thing.
J. R. Martinez
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Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too.
Columbus Short -
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
Charles Reade -
For nature beats in perfect tune, And rounds with rhyme her every rune, Whether she work in land or sea, Or hide underground her alchemy. Thou canst not wave thy staff in air, Or dip thy paddle in the lake, But it carves the bow of beauty there, And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.
Jean-Marc Vallee -
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
Ella Maillart