George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a prolonged and intolerable noise.George Bernard Shaw
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
Oscar Isaac -
I was a boy toy for a bunch of women.
Jon Bon Jovi -
The collective love for music and poetry and just the brotherhood of sound. And it's still kind of flowing through me and I attribute that to the team.
Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Obviously, it was a very conscious decision not to go down the same route we'd travelled before. In retrospect I don't think OK Computer sounded that much different to The Bends but this one does - it's a lot more textural and unlike anything we've done before.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
Hale, stop it.” Kat reached out and grabbed his arm. “You are many things, but stupid isn't one of them.” “I'm too close.” “You don't get it, do you? Being close is good. Caring is good. I love that you're emotional and passionate and can't turn these things off.” “It makes me a bad thief.” “It makes you a good person.
Ally Carter -
Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.
Stephen Vizinczey
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The tie is stronger than that between father and son and father and daughter. The bond is also more complex than the one between mother and daughter. For a woman, a son offers the best chance to know the mysterious male existence.
Carol Klein -
I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.
Jack Palance -
The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.
Vicente del Bosque -
I think that having the years in college to really focus on your training is incredibly valuable. College shapes the kind of person/actor that one becomes.
Rachel Hoffman -
If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
Jack Black -
It's difficult sometimes to become friends with actors.
Andie MacDowell
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You do a film for a short time period - you put it all out there and move on.
Jessica Szohr -
It's always nerve-wracking when people say they look up to you or that you're a good role model. It's such a double-edged sword, because you realize you've been put on this pedestal, and you have to make sure that you don't do anything to get torn down.
Anjelah Johnson -
We always talk about how everyone is unifocal. You can't possibly be interested in jazz and Beethoven. Of course you can. You can't both be reading a newspaper and be online. Of course you can. We shouldn't be obsessed with a gun to your head, 'You either read a newspaper or die!'
Harold Evans -
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important to do the music of Handel, one of the greatest composers of the 18th century.
Cecilia Bartoli -
Make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it.
Edward Bok -
Destiny's Child will always be No.1 on my list.
Beyonce Destiny's Child
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The strength of the people is effective only if it is concentrated; it evaporates and is lost when it is dispersed, just as gunpowder scattered on the ground ignites only grain by grain.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a prolonged and intolerable noise.
George Bernard Shaw