Pauline Collins Quotes
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
Zhang Zhidong
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
Gabriel Iglesias
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
Karen Kain
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
Taiye Selasi
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
S. Truett Cathy
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
Larry Wilmore
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen
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I don't talk in ifs.
Abdurrahman Wahid
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I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
Baz Luhrmann
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
H. Rap Brown
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I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.
Vernon A. Walters
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
Sam Raimi
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
Barbara Olson
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
Wadada Leo Smith
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
Manuel Puig
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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
Rachel Zoe
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I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
Bruce Coville
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The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
Maeve Binchy
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When you're, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don't really take the time to make you look beautiful.
SZA
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In my show I announce, ‘People say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they are right. I am a lie. And every day I kill to make it true.’
Lady Gaga
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I have played a few lay saints in my time.
Pauline Collins