Jessie Matthews Quotes
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I decided there and then to sue the bastards.
Barry Sheene -
A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much.
Eden Robinson -
Real luxury is customization.
Lapo Elkann -
I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.
Narciso Rodriguez -
Throughout the 19th century, Britain bought cheaply from the countries of the empire and compelled subject countries to buy our goods at high prices.
Kate Williams -
People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites.
Ian Fleming
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The most important issue for the killer is the ability to get a victim easily and successfully.
Pat Brown -
Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.
Wallace Stevens -
Hackney at certain epochs has given itself suburban airs and graces, before being slapped down and consigned once more to the dump bin of aborted ambition.
Iain Sinclair -
You can't really do a big character in an action film; you're already suspending your disbelief in the action, then to suspend your disbelief in the character is too much.
Adam McKay -
I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.
Olivia Wilde -
Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.
Damian Lewis
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The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.
Nancy Grace -
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
Taylor Swift -
And all, but Lust, is turned to dustIn Humanity's machine.
Oscar Wilde -
Men may be way behind in creating choices for themselves, but have actually been quiet supporters of the choices women want for themselves.
Warren Farrell -
The unconscious, which those who always speak of it least possess.
Elias Canetti -
Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild he'll never need to deal another. He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.
Leonard Cohen
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It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
Vaclav Klaus -
Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish... You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself.
Viggo Mortensen -
I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow, I read the whole thing in one night!' That was my idea of a big time.
Beth Broderick -
John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.
Caroline Kennedy -
What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that those who hold conservative views on abortion, gun rights and marriage are extreme, anathema and have no place in the state.
Peggy Noonan -
I dreaded doing close-ups.
Jessie Matthews