John McGahern Quotes
When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.John McGahern
Quotes to Explore
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From my own internal fanboy perspective, there's nothing that I hate more than seeing a three minute trailer for a movie where I feel like it's shown me the entire movie.
Damon Lindelof -
The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
Tammy Bruce -
Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
Kate Christensen -
Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
Samantha Power -
When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
Sally Rand -
I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
Adam Brody
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
Tate Donovan -
You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
Jack Kemp -
To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
Venus Williams -
As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
Ottmar Hitzfeld -
I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director's assistant on the film 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' which Oprah produced.
Barry Jenkins -
We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
Harrison Ford
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
Aasif Mandvi -
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
Walt Alston -
I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.
Dan Hill -
All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
Kangana Ranaut -
I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
P. J. Harvey -
To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
Ranbir Kapoor
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I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really.
Friedrich St. Florian -
My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the power of love. I am going to see if I cannot make the bitter warders sweet by the intensity of the love I bear you. I have had moments when I thought it would be wise to separate. Ah! Moments of weakness and madness! Now I see that would have mutilated my life, ruined my art, broken the musical chords which make a perfect soul. Even covered with mud I shall praise you, from the deepest abysses I shall cry to you. In my solitude you will be with me.
Oscar Wilde -
Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.
Derek Luke -
I always think, when I'm in motion, writing seems like the most natural thing.
Pam Houston -
We remain guardedly optimistic and are looking forward to receiving a positive response to our reapplication, hopefully within a matter of days.
Bob DuPuy -
When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.
John McGahern