Primo Levi Quotes

We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and who have seen the face of the Gorgon, did not return, or returned wordless.

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• If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • Done
  • Because
  • Cookie

• I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Remember
  • Trees
  • Autumn

• Afrikaans culture is very right-wing and conservative, very proper, and you get this hidden underbelly, the zef side of Afrikaans which no one knows about.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • Culture
  • You
  • Conservative

• I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • People
  • Women
  • She

• There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Myself
  • Learn
  • Criticism

• I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Music
  • Myself
  • Doing

• I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Word
  • Curiosity
  • Governing

• We don't go against the will of the people.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • People
  • Will
  • Against

• I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Time
  • Water
  • Cold

• I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.

  

  Ed Westwick
  • Up
  • Love
  • Pretty

• My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • People
  • Life
  • Home

• If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Dance
  • Successful
  • Tennis

• Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Age
  • Fear
  • Dark

• A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.

  

  Cab Calloway
  • Different
  • Movie
  • Want

• Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?

  

  Sam Weller
  • May
  • Age
  • Deep

• Country music is what is sincere; that's the main thing.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Music
  • Country
  • Sincere

• When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Fighting
  • Act

• We want to let our play be the judges.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Want
  • Play
  • Judges

• We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Help
  • Prove
  • Lead

• Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Up
  • World
  • Beautiful

• If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:

  

  W. S. Gilbert
  • Attention

• Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

  

  Louise Brown
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Heart

• Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.

  

  Lenny Kravitz
  • People

• We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and who have seen the face of the Gorgon, did not return, or returned wordless.

  

  Primo Levi
  • True
  • Luck