David Quammen Quotes
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I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time.
Cameron Diaz -
When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad.
Carice van Houten -
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
Sam Harris -
Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the chemical characteristics and the constitution of proteins, which are regarded as the principal con-stituents of living organisms.
Karl Landsteiner -
You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities.
Victoria Azarenka
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You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision.
Veronica Lake -
I would define the new aspects of fatherhood like this: It is 75 percent amazing and 25 percent demoralizing. I think any new parent can understand exactly what I'm talking about.
Daniel Bryan -
As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland.
Nancy Pelosi -
There's something about being in a house with an audience, and having that immediate feedback. I started acting because of that energy; it's what feeds me on stage and informs my choices.
Daniel Dae Kim -
Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
The boy had to pay the piper, so they all stay in fear of the neighborhood sniper
Eric Lynn Wright
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You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.
Sam Harris -
The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.
Antonin Scalia -
The mobiles started when I went to see w:Piet Mondrian|Mondrian in Paris, 1930. I was impressed by several colored rectangles he had on the wall. Shortly after that I made some mobiles.
Alexander Calder -
It's true that old actors don't die, their parts get smaller. You're less likely to get the part, many parts, if you're playing people your age as opposed to people who are younger. There are fewer parts around.
Albert Finney -
It sounds odd, but I was a singer and started writing songs, and I didn't have anything in mind. Maybe it crossed my mind that it would be cool to have a hit record and a career, but that was so out of reach that I don't think I thought about it that much.
Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers -
Now with tabloids and seeing people walking around in sweats pumping gas you're like, 'Okay, they're just like us.'
Penelope Ann Miller
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In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
John Sergeant Wise -
When I work, I try to eat as much vegetarian as possible. When I do Cupid, I eat vegetarian because I need the energy. I've got those wings on my back.
Karl Urban -
Can you imagine peaking as a teen? I think if you peak in high school, there's a problem. That's what my sister always said: 'Don't worry, you'll peak later.'
Chelsea Handler -
Paradoxically, the United States' determination to protect its troops can be self-defeating. Allies and adversaries see U.S. forces living in secure compounds, eating fancy chow and minimizing their exposure to potential terrorist assaults.
David Ignatius -
The Apocalypse would definitely put a crimp in my career plans.
Charles R. Johnson -
You can't take a knife on a plane anymore, but you can get on carrying a virus.
David Quammen