James Branch Cabell Quotes

Criticism, whatever may be its pretensions, never does more than to define the impression which is made upon it at a certain moment by a work wherein the writer himself noted the impression of the world which he received at a certain hour.

James Branch Cabell

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• It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Good
  • Work
  • Mind

• Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Life
  • Think
  • Being

• We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • World
  • Great
  • Women

• China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.

  

  Iqbal Quadir
  • World
  • Power
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• The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Good
  • Work
  • Decision

• I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Up
  • World
  • Rest

• You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Work
  • Different
  • Oil

• Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.

  

  Zack Wamp
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  • Support
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• I'd really like to work with Gwen Stefani and Cee Lo.

  

  Kat Graham
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  • Like
  • Really

• This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

  

  Ursula Burns
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  • Office
  • Wait

• Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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  • Made
  • Prejudice

• I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.

  

  Jackie Evancho
  • Work
  • Music
  • Love

• I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.

  

  Zara Cox
  • Work
  • Writing
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• Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
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  • Music
  • Art

• If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • World
  • Environment
  • Chaos

• People know not to mess with my friends or my family because it's not going to work out well for you.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • People
  • Work
  • Family

• I'm a work in progress.

  

  Barbra Streisand
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  • Progress

• Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.

  

  Faith Evans
  • Work
  • God
  • Faith

• Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly standard. But really great lyrics can't rescue a dog of a song.

  

  Jarvis Cocker Pulp
  • Good
  • Work
  • Great

• I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.

  

  Jewel Kilcher
  • Bad

• There is only one instrument which is adequate to investigate the things of the spirit, and that is the Spirit itself. Just as it is necessary to train a man for scientific research in the physical world, so also is a long and slow process required to fit oneself for investigation of the spiritual world.

  

  Max Heindel
  • World
  • Long
  • Spiritual

• I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • People
  • Work
  • Heart

• I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • America
  • Society
  • Proud

• Criticism, whatever may be its pretensions, never does more than to define the impression which is made upon it at a certain moment by a work wherein the writer himself noted the impression of the world which he received at a certain hour.

  

  James Branch Cabell
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