James Fenton Quotes
It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.James Fenton
Quotes to Explore
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
Omar Bongo -
But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did, I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god.
Larry Hagman -
I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
Rafael Nadal -
Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.
Taraji P. Henson -
And he said that he wrote the Bond character based on the character of David Niven. That's how he saw Bond.
Val Guest
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I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It's great. She's perfect.
Gareth Gates -
I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course.
Warren Ellis -
I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.
Nate Silver -
One can easily realize God if one is free from guile. Spiritual instruction produces quick results in a guileless heart. Such a heart is like well cultivated land from which all the stones have been removed. No sooner is the seed sown than it germinates. The fruit also appears quickly.
Ramakrishna -
The best philanthropy is anonymous charity. When you’re doing it for the right reasons, and not to tell everyone how nice you are. That’s self-aggrandizement. That’s also OK: if you want credit, that’s OK. But the higher giving is anonymous giving.
Gene Klein Kiss -
You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes
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The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, 'No, I'm happy for you?' That's when it's really sad.
John Mayer -
There is something to being gay apart from the sodomy.
Ann Coulter -
Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.
James Rollins -
The Arab League tells us to go in and take out Qaddafi. We've spent billions of dollars already with respect to the Arab League. Billions of dollars, because they told us to do it. Why aren't they paying for it? They don't like Qaddafi, Qaddafi's been a terrible thorn in their side.
Donald Trump -
When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to get his or her gears running, but then you end up having to cut it out because you don't want any of the language to be redundant to the pictures that are being drawn.
Daniel Handler -
I wasn't sure what would happen to me after 'The Voice.' I was just excited to make music.
Brynn Cartelli
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To be turned from one's course by men's opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold an office.
Fabius Maximus -
'Need You Now' is a universal subject matter. It's something that not just country fans, not just pop fans - everybody's been there. And the production was a little left of center.
Hillary Scott Lady Antebellum -
I think of the part of me that writes as the most private self. It's the part that's engaged the least with the rest of the world's needs.
Bill Clegg -
It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.
James Fenton