C. L. R. James Quotes
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
Natalia Tena -
The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
Edie Falco -
I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
Ilana Glazer -
My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
Yoenis Cespedes -
I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
Patricia Marx
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
Ibrahim Rugova -
I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
Harper Lee -
'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'
C. S. Lewis -
If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
Zooey Deschanel -
I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
Rachel Kushner
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
Yvonne Strahovski -
Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
Wang Jianlin -
Women are sacred.
Vin Diesel -
I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
Nadia Giosia -
I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
Nadia Ali -
Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
Igor Stravinsky
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People tend to think about God more when the clock starts to wind down.
Charles Roven -
My dislike has no consequences. It accrues only in my mind—like preserves on a shelf or guns zeroing in, and never firing.
Renata Adler -
I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
Edgar Wright -
Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
Randall L. Stephenson -
For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'
Kenneth Chenault -
Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.
C. L. R. James