Philip Roth Quotes
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
Orson Scott Card -
That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
Vince McMahon -
Olafur Eliasson is also one of the most visionary artists I've ever met. He is from Denmark and Iceland, and his focus is nothing less than the entire universe.
Victor Pinchuk -
I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse.
Washed Out -
You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
Pablo Sandoval -
I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
Park Chan-wook
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
Fernando Flores -
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
Oliver Reed -
I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.
Lady Gaga -
When President Hassan Rouhani was elected in Iran in 2013, he welcomed back the far-flung children of Iran. But one by one, they have been arrested and imprisoned upon their return, a fate that has made me increasingly reluctant to risk going back to a homeland I've not seen since 1992.
Nazanin Boniadi -
I still like to sit in a room and play games all day, so I'm a kid, really.
Adam Peaty
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I have an obsession with Milk Duds. Eating them tastes like heaven.
Olivia Holt -
My best advice is to not start in PowerPoint. Presentation tools force you to think through information linearly, and you really need to start by thinking of the whole instead of the individual lines.
Nancy Duarte -
It is our family's hope that the true legacy and context of Malcolm X's life continues to be shared with people from all walks of life in a positive manner that helps promote the goals and ideals for which Malcolm X so passionately advocated.
Ilyasah Shabazz -
If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.
Kat Graham -
I've been writing in some way, shape, or form for as long as I can remember.
Nancy A. Collins -
It had been his experience that the worst cynics all started out as idealists.
Jack McDevitt
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love. Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me. I go out there and train as hard as anybody else. I have the same dreams, the same goals. It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
Natalie du Toit -
The richness of human life is that we have many lives, we live the events that do not happen (and some that cannot) as vividly as those that do, and if thereby we die a thousand deaths, that is the price we pay...
Jacob Bronowski -
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
Louis D. Brandeis -
It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.
Ole Hallesby -
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
Brennan Manning -
Nothing keeps its promise.
Philip Roth