Umberto Eco Quotes
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
Dana Rohrabacher -
My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
Dan Hill -
When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
Malcolm Forbes -
The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was.
Hans Jonas -
You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
Ira Sachs -
I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
Gayle Forman
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
Qandeel Baloch -
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
Quentin Crisp -
People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
Nadia Comaneci -
They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
Jackie Cooper -
I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
Daniel Espinosa -
I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
Laura Ramsey -
If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
Dana Carvey -
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
Abigail Adams -
Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price.
J. A. Konrath -
I guess winning an Oscar is the ultimate dream. A lot of amazing actors go their whole career without even being nominated. So that would definitely be a goal to reach. It's a difficult one, but I'm aiming for it!
Taylor Lautner -
I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
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On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.
Jake Arrieta -
Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
Nawal El Saadawi -
I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
Yelawolf -
There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
Ram Shriram -
I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
Umberto Eco