Donald Hall Quotes

Obviously, death is ahead of me. I don't look forward to dying one little bit. But, you know, I simply don't worry about it because it's going to happen to me as it does to anybody.

Donald Hall

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• When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Great
  • Think
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• I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • People
  • Marriage
  • Gay

• I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Freedom
  • Me
  • Right

• I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • People
  • Believe
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• 'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.

  

  Nancy Werlin
  • World
  • Book
  • Alone

• I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Cool
  • Calm
  • Stay

• I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • People
  • Think
  • Opinion

• Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

  

  Sally Pearson
  • Myself
  • Winning
  • Gold

• I drink a lot of water.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Water
  • Drink
  • Lot

• The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

  

  C. Northcote Parkinson
  • Society
  • Product
  • Boredom

• Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Peace
  • Problem
  • Product

• I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Never
  • Shoes
  • Furniture

• 'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Life
  • Ordinary
  • Insult

• I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.

  

  Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • Up
  • World
  • Good

• Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Men
  • Women
  • Future

• The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.

  

  Illinois Jacquet
  • Music
  • Band
  • Sound

• Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

  

  Irving Berlin
  • Good
  • Great
  • Power

• I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Different
  • Past
  • Way

• It is a changing world with changing opportunities.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • World
  • Opportunities

• What makes the United States great, the reason people wanted to live in the United States, move here still, is because of our ability to innovate.

  

  Bill Nye
  • People
  • Great
  • Live

• People call me stupid for treating you like a queen, but I dont even worry `cause you`re my unforeseen. And I hope that you`ll be with me, if only in my dreams. But here you are next to me and you`re glad, or so it seems.

  

  Alexander Rybak
  • Dream
  • Worry
  • Queen

• In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.

  

  George Eliot
  • Beginning

• Obviously, death is ahead of me. I don't look forward to dying one little bit. But, you know, I simply don't worry about it because it's going to happen to me as it does to anybody.

  

  Donald Hall
  • Death
  • Worry
  • Dying