John Updike Quotes
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
Walter Gropius -
There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
Edgar Wright -
You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
J. B. Smoove -
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
Wade Boggs -
A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
Rakul Preet Singh -
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
Adam Carolla
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
I think the motive is to establish in federal law the personhood from conception forward and try and alter the Constitution through statute.
Zoe Lofgren -
While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
Ed Pastor -
I don't let other people tell me what to do. Well, unless it's my mum.
Dakota Blue Richards -
I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
Maggie Wheeler -
There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
Venus Williams -
Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
Viktor Orban -
I have a love for Shea Stadium and its fans. I had so much fun with the fans. Yeah, they booed me. I was like, 'I know, I know.'
Barry Larkin -
That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
Adam Hughes -
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Ulysses S. Grant
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In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter.
James Mark Baldwin -
I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
Hayao Miyazaki -
The age of economic relations as the primary arena for interactions between states is already upon us.
Chrystia Freeland -
Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion.
John Updike