David Whyte Quotes
Sincere regret may be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a previous one, for experiencing timelessness with a grandchild where we neglected a boy of our own.David Whyte
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
Fatema Mernissi -
I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
Hailee Steinfeld -
When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
Ed Markey -
Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
Nadia Comaneci -
I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
Captain Beefheart
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
Malorie Blackman -
I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
Larry Niven -
The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
D. B. Sweeney -
I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
Vanessa Minnillo -
One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate -
The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
Ian Hacking
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
Kanye West -
I can't bear kissing scenes.
Olivia Colman -
I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
Nathan Fillion -
Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
Irene Peter -
I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.
Hamish Linklater -
I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.
Larry Wilcox
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I think it's fantastically narcissistic to believe that in the entire universe, with all of the planetary systems that we've already discovered and the countless others that are out there, that we are the only forms of life.
Ian Bremmer -
All things flow, nothing abides.
Heraclitus -
Animals are good to think with.
Claude Levi-Strauss -
The constant attention is what is so difficult.
Natalie Wood -
It is not really necessary to destroy nature in order to gain God's favor or even his undivided attention.
Ian McHarg -
Sincere regret may be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a previous one, for experiencing timelessness with a grandchild where we neglected a boy of our own.
David Whyte