Philip James Bailey Quotes
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.Philip James Bailey
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
Damon Galgut -
In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
Ralph Peters -
Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
Irwin Winkler -
I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
Pat Summitt -
The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
Lance Armstrong -
As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
Felicity Jones
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
Zach Galifianakis -
Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
Karin Slaughter -
People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change.
Ira Glass -
I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
N. Scott Momaday -
There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
Barton Gellman -
I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
Malorie Blackman -
What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
Eddie Albert -
Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.
Oleg Cassini -
I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
B. B. King -
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
Carl Lewis
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I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
Ed Sheeran -
I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
Samantha Shannon -
I am thrilled to be 31, still running and having my daughter watch me even if it is on TV.
Evelyn Ashford -
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.
Carl Honore -
There will be no peace until the violence is done. Peace is inaccessible without the violence, because violence is righteousness in action.
Adam Nicolson -
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.
Philip James Bailey