James Fenton Quotes
The basic rhymes in English are masculine, which is to say that the last syllable of the line is stressed: 'lane' rhymes with 'pain,' but it also rhymes with 'urbane' since the last syllable of 'urbane' is stressed. 'Lane' does not rhyme with 'methane.'
James Fenton
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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
Yoko Ono
I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
Paloma Elsesser
I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
Fidel Castro
I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
J. D. Pardo
I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
Patrick Ness
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
Yann Martel
Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
Kate Smith
Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.
Oleg Deripaska
When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
Victor Hugo
I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree.
Gavin Newsom
Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse.
Carl Honore
I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.
Ian Anderson
I didn't realize I wanted to write about D.C. until after 2000. Even though I was a comedy writer, I stayed away from that subject on purpose. It took attaining some distance and perspective.
Kristin Gore
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
William Shakespeare
I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
K. D. Lang
I have an obsession with knowing the answers to things. When I don't know what happened, it just bothers me, gets under my skin, and I need to write about it.
Taylor Swift
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?
William Makepeace Thackeray
The basic rhymes in English are masculine, which is to say that the last syllable of the line is stressed: 'lane' rhymes with 'pain,' but it also rhymes with 'urbane' since the last syllable of 'urbane' is stressed. 'Lane' does not rhyme with 'methane.'
James Fenton