John Cheever Quotes
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
Daniel Baldwin -
My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.
Warren Littlefield -
In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
Imelda May -
I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
Tamara Mellon -
I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
Ian Mckellen -
Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
R. Lee Ermey
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If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
Patrick Dempsey -
We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
Valentino Rossi -
Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
Tahl Raz -
I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
Patrick Kane -
What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.
Laetitia Casta -
If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
Zebulon Pike
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
Oscar Wilde -
I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.
Faye Marsay -
I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
Gary Ross -
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
Harrison Birtwistle -
I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'
Gabby Douglas -
I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need.
Rachel Shelley
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I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and Edward Hopper.
David Lynch The Platters -
Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.
Sean Maguire -
I spent a lot of time alone; I left school to be tutored. So, most of my companions were animals. It's as simple as that. I knew more animals than I did people.
Jamie Wyeth -
Shame doesn't exist as an emotion without the projected or perceived sense of judgment coming from somewhere else.
Leslie Jamison -
I think future generations will see the invention of the Internet as having been as important as the invention of the printing press. It's the democratizing tool of all tools. As long as no one can control the flow of information, then freedom always has a chance.
Marianne Williamson -
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.
John Cheever