Matthew Arnold Quotes

This truth-to prove, and make thine own: ‘Thou hast been, shalt be, art, alone.’

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• I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.

  

  Barrett Foa
  • Up
  • Love
  • Spoiled

• I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Walk
  • I Can
  • Street

• Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.

  

  K. Flay
  • Rich
  • Something
  • Hip Hop

• I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.

  

  Wale
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Parents

• As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • People
  • Life
  • My Life

• I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.

  

  Gareth Bale
  • Best
  • Football
  • Say

• My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • You
  • Picture
  • Favorite

• The only people who never fail are those who never try.

  

  Ilka Chase
  • People
  • Never
  • Try

• My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.

  

  Odette Annable
  • Character
  • Kids
  • Movie

• The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

  

  Vance Havner
  • Up
  • Vision
  • Step

• I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Book
  • Know
  • Famous

• I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Cool

• It's actually harder to write a fun song.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Fun
  • Song
  • Write

• If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.

  

  Patrick Dempsey
  • Sleep
  • I Can
  • Luxury

• You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Home
  • Night
  • Nice

• I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Good
  • Myself
  • Best

• In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • War
  • Age
  • You

• I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.

  

  Karl Urban
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Support

• Here is a bulletin from CBS News: in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas. The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Texas

• Don’t let yourself be destroyed by a force that was placed in our hearts in order to make everything better.

  

  Paulo Coelho

• This Australian side is an amazing side. England are a very good team, but Australia are better. The records of the individuals alone reveal that. But we gained a lot of respect for England.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Good
  • Team
  • Respect

• The certainty that she would find what it was she sought just slipped away, until one night she knew there was nothing, no one waiting for her. That no matter how far she walked, how carefully she searched, how much she wanted to find the person she was looking for, she was alone" - The Forgotten Garden.

  

  Kate Morton
  • Alone
  • Garden
  • Forgotten

• When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Up
  • Men
  • Women

• This truth-to prove, and make thine own: ‘Thou hast been, shalt be, art, alone.’

  

  Matthew Arnold
  • Art
  • Truth
  • Alone