Douglas Preston Quotes
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
Radha Mitchell -
I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
Page McConnell -
When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
Quincy Jones -
It's a coincidence that most of the films I have done are to do with social causes.
Yami Gautam -
I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
Barry McGee
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
Haim Ginott -
A man is as alive as he can communicate.
L. Ron Hubbard -
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
Kate Mosse -
Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
Dan Harmon -
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
Barry Zito -
I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
Fernando Botero
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I was watching the Danish version of 'The Killing' when I got the audition for 'The Fall,' and I loved it; it was so original. I approached 'The Fall' with that in mind. I'd no problem with the violence - it was very clear from the script how horrifying the crimes were and that had to be shown, without going to extremes.
Laura Donnelly -
I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.
Rachel Platten -
When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
Damon Lindelof -
I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.
Adam McKay -
The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
Yaya Toure -
When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.
Mahesh Babu
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Solicitation and effort or conation belong properly to animate beings alone. When they are attributed to other things, they must be taken in a metaphorical sense; but a philosopher should abstain from metaphor.
George Berkeley -
I was born in a mining village, and you either played football or played football. If you didn't play, there was something wrong with you.
Alan Hansen -
the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.
Fanny Burney -
It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.
Joey Santiago Pixies -
We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not. Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.
Epictetus -
There is nothing inherently wrong about science.
Douglas Preston