Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

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• I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Job
  • Inspiration
  • Writer

• Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Children
  • Happy
  • Parents

• Anna Wintour has guided me.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Me
  • Guided
  • Anna

• This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • May
  • Like
  • Beauty

• On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.

  

  Walter Salles
  • Strong
  • Film
  • Imperfection

• 'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Just
  • Saying
  • Fat

• I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Idea
  • Something
  • Begin

• To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Best
  • Become
  • Well-Rounded

• The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Experience
  • Game
  • Creative

• In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.

  

  Jackie Speier
  • Food
  • California
  • Vote

• Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Great
  • Guy
  • Straight

• I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Winning
  • Seven
  • Unfair

• Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

  

  Taylor Hackford
  • Music
  • American
  • Beginning

• The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Women
  • Want
  • Trouble

• I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Ashamed
  • Lady
  • Argue

• The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.

  

  Natalia Kills
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Mistake

• I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.

  

  Laila Robins
  • Paid
  • Dues
  • Trenches

• Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • Time
  • Good
  • Miracles

• What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.

  

  Ursula Dubosarsky
  • People
  • Words
  • Language

• Marriage does figure in my life, as I do want to have children. But I could also consider having children without getting married. The primary thing is having a good father, a partner who could be there with me through that journey.

  Jacqueline Fernandez
  • Life
  • Good
  • Children

• Only 10 percent of people who go to art school will still be making art in 10 years. To some extent, you have to want to do it. It's hard. It is something you really have to stick with for it to work.

  

  Jeffrey Brown
  • People
  • Work
  • School

• I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and corn. Hey, I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Long
  • America
  • Fun

• First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to regularly when they need to brainstorm together, meet with clients, or do research in the library.

  

  Jay Chiat
  • People
  • Together
  • Library

• How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

  

  Maurice Maeterlinck
  • Words