Mark Steyn Quotes
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
Beck -
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
Daniel Barenboim -
I started at the top and worked my way down.
Orson Welles -
I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
Ed Speleers -
The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
Warren Ellis -
Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
T. Boone Pickens -
I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
K. A. Applegate -
No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
Barton Gellman -
I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
J. G. Ballard -
I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
Nancy Reagan -
Despite my so-so-experience with the iPhone, I do love its touchscreen technology, a feature I miss with my standard-issue BlackBerry.
Kara Swisher
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
Zeljko Ivanek -
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
Florynce Kennedy -
I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
Dalai Lama -
You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
Ian Dunbar -
People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
Mahesh Babu -
Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I journal a lot for nobody but myself. Just to get my thoughts out and to clear my mind. That's very therapeutic to me.
Lili Reinhart -
Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.
I. A. Richards -
It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family.
David Thewlis -
You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.
Cory Booker -
I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
Faith Prince -
When the family dies, the nation follows.
Mark Steyn