John Banville Quotes
I hesitate to talk about Czech food. ... The people are very sweet, wonderfully cultured, very friendly, but my God how they eat that food I do not know. It is surely the most disgusting cuisine in the world.John Banville
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
J. K. Simmons -
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
Ban Ki-moon -
Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
Ma Jian -
I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
Jack Kerouac
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I get homesick.
Larry Bird -
The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
Dan Shechtman -
I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
Zooey Deschanel -
I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp -
I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
Jack Vance
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
Vicki Lawrence -
When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
Yami Gautam -
It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
Imran Khan -
Something that's very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.
Rachel Zoe -
I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
A. R. Rahman -
Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
Rachel Nichols
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With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we wanted to show in the case of Dustin Hoffman's character, Bernstein.
David Milch -
Criticism does demand a certain kind of authority, but what about the authority of not really being sure what you think? What about the authority, the authenticity that comes from bringing all your intellectual, emotional and spiritual equipment to a piece of art or entertainment whilst still being uncertain and confused?
Margo Jefferson -
Meeting Mike Nichols was a sort of lifetime occupation.
Jack O'Brien -
We cannot forget that we are a nation founded by refugees who were fleeing oppression and often fearful for their lives.
Brad Schneider -
The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood.
Arthur Powell Davies -
I hesitate to talk about Czech food. ... The people are very sweet, wonderfully cultured, very friendly, but my God how they eat that food I do not know. It is surely the most disgusting cuisine in the world.
John Banville