Pierre Corneille Quotes
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
Malcolm Gladwell -
Fortune and love favor the brave.
Ovid -
I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
Zainab Salbi -
But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.
Aaron Spelling -
The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.
Irving Penn -
I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
Samantha Shannon
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In 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Hemingway cozies up to revolution by romanticizing it (and not only with those execrable love scenes).
Madison Smartt Bell -
If you consistently write 'The sun set' rather than 'The sun sank slowly in the bright western sky,' your story will move three times as fast. Of course, there are times you want the longer version for atmosphere - but not many. Wordiness not only kills pace; it bores readers.
Nancy Kress -
I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!
Carla Hall -
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
Karl Kraus -
If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
Ed Begley, Jr. -
Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.
Paloma Faith
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Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes.
Vidal Sassoon -
Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians.
Ingrid Betancourt -
There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter.
Danica McKellar -
'Most of my business comes from picking up the pieces when people get things wrong.' She grinned. 'I’ll never lack for work.'
Jack McDevitt -
History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
Clarence Darrow -
Six feet of land was all that he needed.
Leo Tolstoy
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Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our natural boorish tendency to disregard the feelings of others.
Lynn Coady -
I don't like to filter myself, but I do it for PR's sake.
Allu Arjun -
I want to fly a jet. I'd love to just be in the air and go mach 3 or mach 4. Or, I'd be an underwater salvager. I've always been fascinated with the Bermuda Triangle and Atlantis. I love chemistry, also. That's why acting is so random for me!
Kellan Lutz -
I'm kind of like a relic from another era.
George Hamilton -
Whatever people want to call me, I'm cool with, except 'Zinger.'
Kristaps Porzingis -
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
Pierre Corneille