John Buchan Quotes

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

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• Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.

  

  Imran Amed
  • People
  • Done
  • Day

• As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of my male Muslim friends, it was entirely possible for me to get through my day without interacting in any meaningful way with a single non-Muslim.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Friends
  • Society
  • College

• I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Great
  • Think
  • Control

• My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Hand
  • Brother
  • Stupid

• I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Painting
  • Nothing
  • Matters

• I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Pain
  • Now
  • Doctor

• Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Never
  • Again
  • Divided

• You're only as good as your last haircut.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Good
  • Funny
  • Haircut

• Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Great
  • Effort
  • Doing

• To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.

  

  Rafael Correa
  • Good
  • Power
  • Bad

• It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Country
  • Think
  • Want

• My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.

  

  Vanessa Williams
  • Parents
  • Teachers
  • Both

• I don't mind about the boos from the audience.

  

  Vanessa Mae
  • Mind
  • Audience
  • About

• As an entrepreneur and mother, I support the need to put women at the center, recognizing their crucial impact on social development and their important role of balancing family and professional responsibilities.

  

  Yelena Baturina
  • Important
  • Women
  • Family

• I believe in God.

  

  Imelda May
  • God
  • Believe
  • I Believe

• Make yourself necessary to somebody.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Yourself
  • Make
  • Somebody

• Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Good
  • Different
  • Happy

• Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Business
  • Small
  • Growth

• Leather and lace is such a sexy combination.

  

  Brad Goreski
  • Sexy

• I saw a niche in the market where made-to-measure wasn't being done in a modern, fresh way or in a short period of time. Traditionally, bespoke orders take a very long time, but I thought, 'Here we are with all these fashion-forward ideas - why not?'

  

  Emilia Wickstead
  • Time
  • Long
  • Done

• US and European pre-eminence in science-based innovation cannot be taken for granted. The centre of gravity for innovation is starting to shift from west to east.

  

  Charles Leadbeater
  • Science
  • Taken
  • Innovation

• La danse peut révéler tout ce que la musique recèle de mystérieux, et elle a de plus le mérite d'être humaine et palpable. La danse, c'est la poésie avec des bras et des jambs, ...

  

  Charles Baudelaire

• I think, for some children, your skills don't lie in written words. A lot of school is based around written words and how good you are at spelling or reading. From a young age, if you're told you can't spell or read very well, you're made to feel a bit stupid.

  

  Erin Richards
  • Children
  • School
  • Reading

• He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

  

  John Buchan