Francis Spufford Quotes
What follows is more about books than it is about me, but nonetheless it is my inward autobiography, for the words we take into ourselves help to shape us.Francis Spufford
Quotes to Explore
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Social revolutions are never simple.
Yair Lapid -
When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.
Lady Gaga -
I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
Mallory Ortberg -
If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.
Caitlin Moran -
Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
Chuck Berry -
Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.
Walker Percy
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No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.
Edward Steichen -
Once in a while I say, 'Go for it' and I eat chocolate.
Claudia Schiffer -
Love is a wave flowing in the direction of bliss for all living things. It will carry you if you allow it to flow through you.
Marianne Williamson -
I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
Rita Mae Brown -
We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
Tom Stoppard -
Now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. It can be a useful tool for connection and communication. It can ease the isolation that so many people feel in the modern world. But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. Children and teenagers can be fragile. They are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. This makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers.
Melania Trump
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I like to put a little spin on traditional styles as I see them now, probably somewhat inspired by my current job on Boardwalk Empire.
Vincent Piazza -
We may be born equal but we're not equally talented.
Larry Gelbart -
Jewish success is due to a culture that promotes excellence, blessed with self discipline, education, dedication and a quest for leaving this world a better place.
Nonie Darwish -
The mistake we make with many people - not just Russia - is that we believe we have the model, and there is a sort of a condescension in our dialogue with other societies, which was especially painful in several administrations to Russia. I think in Russia, the Yeltsin period is not considered a period of great achievement, but a period of corruption and humiliation.
Henry Kissinger -
He’d never known a girl who was so beautiful and intense at once.
Kass Morgan -
I think I do deserve more than 11 carries. I think I really do.
Ezekiel Elliott
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We developed the design and the concept to sell, and we were pretty close to selling it to Fender, ... But they leapt back out at the last minute because they had so many other companies they bought, so we just decided, 'I guess we're going to make them ourselves.' So that's what we're doing. They're great guitars, they look beautiful, sound great.
Dave Mason -
I love to travel the world. My husband and I always travel and everywhere we go I've been to Italy, of course London, Ireland, and you just receive so much love.
Tamera Mowry -
A beam of light takes about two million years to reach from us to the Andromeda nebula. But my thought covers this distance in a few seconds. Perhaps some day some intermediate form of body and mind may permit us to say that we actually can travel faster than light.
Ragnar Frisch -
What follows is more about books than it is about me, but nonetheless it is my inward autobiography, for the words we take into ourselves help to shape us.
Francis Spufford