John McGahern Quotes
I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story.John McGahern
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
Napoleon Hill -
I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
Felix Baumgartner -
Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
Eduardo Chillida -
I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
Tamsin Greig -
But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
Walter Salles
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
Rachel Dratch -
Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
Nathan Myhrvold -
My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
Patrice Leconte -
You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
Daisy Fuentes -
What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.
Uma Thurman
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
Kate Millett -
There have been times when people who weren't my friends all of a sudden became my friend. I won't allow them to use me, but I have been pretty lucky to have friends who have supported me and who I have known since I was 12. They are still the same and they don't treat me any different.
Lalaine Vergara-Paras -
I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That's what I try to do.
Randy Johnson -
Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
J. D. Vance -
I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
O. J. Simpson
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There has to be the right pacing of images to tell the story. I'm always stunned at how little you can put in.
Chris Raschka -
Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.
Johnnie Cochran -
'Orange Is the New Black' and 'Sense8' have enjoyed great success all over the world.
Ted Sarandos -
Young children need to develop good habits that will be useful to them the rest of their lives. It is important to keep the lessons age-appropriate. For example, when your children start earning allowances, that would be a good time to teach them how to put some money in the bank instead of spending it all.
Bill Rancic -
I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.
Chris Brown -
I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the story, for the excitement of the story - and there comes a time when you realise that all stories are more or less the same story.
John McGahern