Bruce Sterling Quotes
We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that '9/11'? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name.Bruce Sterling
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
Pat Metheny -
There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
Gary Oldman -
Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
Major Taylor -
Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
Randeep Hooda -
Mamata Banerjee is just a casual worker, just like a commoner.
Mamata Banerjee
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Donald Trump did denounce David Duke's support.
Jack Kingston -
I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
Jack Nicklaus -
All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
Barry Unsworth -
Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
Cameron Mackintosh -
I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
Gale Gordon -
I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
Carey Lowell
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Zaha Hadid -
I think the reason I love 'Antiques Roadshow' is that it is sort of like the lottery. There's the chance a regular Joe could walk in with anything and come out close to a millionaire. There's the thrill of the find.
Lara Spencer -
I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
Ted McGinley -
I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
J. K. Simmons -
Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
Edmond de Goncourt -
I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
Cameron Crowe
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By 1865, all Southern women - the happily and regrettably single, the perpetually engaged, the wives and widows - had tired of the war. The Confederacy was shrinking, and the morale of its remaining men shrinking with it.
Karen Abbott -
The aesthetic came along the way, I think - just through experimenting, and going on tour, and trying stuff out on stage, having fun with it, and not taking it too seriously. If I had a ballgown at home, I'd wear it onstage. If I found something in a charity shop, I'd wear it. That's where it grew from - just wanting to play dress-up.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.
Benedict Cumberbatch -
What's that show? 'TMZ'? They stand there and say, 'I've got this on this person.' The focus on celebrities can be detrimental because people could be thinking of other things, but it's a part of the culture and it's what sells.
Andre Leon Talley -
A president can't go to every memorial service.
Nancy Gibbs -
We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that '9/11'? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name.
Bruce Sterling