Jonathan Evison Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
Carl Sandburg -
People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
Vanessa Paradis -
The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
Galileo Galilei -
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
Park Chan-wook -
The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
Beck -
I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Zinedine Zidane
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
Odeya Rush -
I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
Gabriel Basso -
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
D. H. Lawrence -
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
Samuel Butler -
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
E. O. Wilson -
There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
Karl Popper -
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
Barbara Sher -
I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are so brave.'
Laura Benanti -
I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
Tamron Hall -
May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!
Saint Ignatius -
Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.
Sam Altman
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
Lady Gaga -
The men to whom Jesus Christ committed the fortunes and destiny of His Church were men of prayer. To no other kind of men has God ever committed Himself in this world.
Edward McKendree Bounds -
Three hundred men, all of whom know one another, direct the economic destiny of Europe and choose their successors from among themselves.
Walther Rathenau -
I think it was Osama bin Laden’s idea to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq.
Karl Rove -
As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.
Jonathan Evison