Karen Blixen Quotes
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.Karen Blixen
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
Abu Bakr -
When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
Sampha -
Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.
Caity Lotz -
You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
J. Martin Kohe -
I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
Ed Rendell -
Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
La India
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An actor has to embody a role.
Taylor Hackford -
Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.
Wendy Kopp -
I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
Natalie Dormer -
I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
Abbey Clancy -
I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
Irvine Welsh
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
Barry Goldwater -
I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
Gavin Andresen -
I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
Karen Allen -
If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
Ed Stoppard -
See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
Patricia Clarkson -
A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
Kali Hawk
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I love so much what I do that I spend so much time thinking about it, and then I go home, and then I'm thinking about it, so it's nice sometimes when a movie is over, and then the niggling feelings about whether you've did it right or not start to ebb away.
Joel Edgerton -
Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
Lao Tzu -
Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
Philip Treacy -
Consider in 1945, when the United Nations was first formed, there were something like fifty-one original member countries. Now the United Nations is made up of 193 nations, but it follows the same structure in which five nations control it. It's an anti-democratic structure.
Adolfo Perez Esquivel -
Whether your mother is a novelist like mine or a third-generation military wife, the idea of a son or daughter being in mortal danger is terrifying.
Elliot Ackerman -
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.
Karen Blixen