Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
One of the great American tragedies is to have participated in a just war. It's been possible for politicians and movie-makers to encourage us we're always good guys. The Second World War absolutely had to be fought. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. But we never talk about the people we kill. This is never spoken of.Kurt Vonnegut
Quotes to Explore
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
V. S. Naipaul -
The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
Xavier Becerra -
I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.
Malala Yousafzai -
On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
Ingmar Bergman -
A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
Zendaya -
It's good to make your own things because you can have control of your own art.
Kate Micucci
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I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Samuel Johnson -
The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they are lost. Young people indeed have fewer opportunities than before. But is it true that there are no more opportunities for them? No!
Jack Ma -
You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
Baz Luhrmann -
We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.
M. Scott Peck -
In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.
Walter Bagehot
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
Haile Gebrselassie -
The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
To be a good model, you have to be very smart.
Carine Roitfeld -
What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.
Calista Flockhart -
Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'
Olly Murs -
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.
Nancy Lopez
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With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.
Idina Menzel -
I refer to what I do as 'conceptual portraits,' meaning that I come up with an idea or concept that I would like to explore, and then I find people that fit that idea.
Alix Smith -
I started working there first, then I convinced Matt to get a job there, We were in different bands at the time, but we brought our guitars to work and started playing.
The Afters -
He was a hopeless coward and gambled so heavily it was a sheer miracle as how to he still wasn't thrown out into the street for being disorderly or being arrested for drunk driving.
Jeffrey Bernard -
People have been playing versions of 'World of Warcraft' since 1994, and it's still the world's leading subscription-based MMO.
Bobby Kotick -
One of the great American tragedies is to have participated in a just war. It's been possible for politicians and movie-makers to encourage us we're always good guys. The Second World War absolutely had to be fought. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. But we never talk about the people we kill. This is never spoken of.
Kurt Vonnegut