George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
Vikram Seth -
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
Ingvar Kamprad -
When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
Illeana Douglas -
Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
Ian Watson -
I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
Tahar Rahim
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
Carl Jung -
Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
Lajos Egri -
If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
Hanif Kureishi -
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra -
My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
Abbie Cornish -
At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
Canelo Alvarez
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
T. S. Eliot -
My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
Danica McKellar -
I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
Patrick Wilson -
I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
Pat Gillick -
Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
Zaha Hadid -
I think being bi-continental is something I want to continue. Kuala Lumpur is my home, but L.A. is where I've been able to make the music that I want.
Yuna
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You have to have a certain amount of limitations, I think, to make art and to make something that can be alive on film. Money can get in the way of that.
Parker Posey -
Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.
Anthony Joshua -
I've always loved aggressive, hard, noisy, yet melodic bands, and at the same time I've always loved 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.
Art Alexakis -
The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.
Park Chan-wook -
A conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else.
George Bernard Shaw