John Berger Quotes
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
J. Tillman -
After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.
Ted Cruz -
Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
Zooey Deschanel -
I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
Vera Farmiga -
I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
Mahesh Bhupathi -
When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
Uwe Boll -
Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
Karel Capek -
Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
Tariq Ramadan -
Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
Malcolm Lowry -
The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
Karen Kain
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People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.
Kate Moss -
Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.
Camilo Jose Cela -
There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'
Samantha Shannon -
All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.
Damon Lindelof -
Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.
Wade Boggs
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Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
Vincent Van Gogh -
For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.
Nathan Myhrvold -
The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.
Edward Hopper -
If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.
Kirsten Gillibrand -
You saw the apparent schizophrenia of these teams. They play great for a while and then they have trouble operating. What you see is young teams learning to play a consistent game. No quality in the direction of their discipline.
Phil Jackson -
The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.
John Berger