H. W. Brands Quotes
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
Octavio Paz -
That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
Zara Larsson -
I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
Mallory Jansen -
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
H. L. Mencken -
I want people to learn what democracy means.
Jack Ma -
Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.
Malin Akerman
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It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.
R. L. Stine -
I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
Damien Chazelle -
Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
Earl Weaver -
I want to separate my professional life from my personal life. I want to live a normal life and be a normal mother.
Frances McDormand -
Knowledge is also inferred from what is accepted as established knowledge, with new knowledge being based on the best explanation. This includes possible truths subject to proof.
Nayef Al-Rodhan -
The dominant culture of the world teaches us that The Other is a threat, that our fellow human beings are a danger. We will all continue to be exiles in one form or another as long as we continue to accept the paradigm that the world is a racetrack or a battlefield.
Eduardo Galeano
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There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime. It is not political. To give concessions on political status would put many people in jeopardy.
Margaret Thatcher -
The lazy blogosphere has given up on journalism and now trolls Twitter for their on-the-record in-depth articles.
Kurt Sutter -
When you have somebody in a position of power show interest in you after you've kind of been down and out, that's a big boost.
Matt Lauer -
If there is a doctrine, a message behind Live, it's just that wordless intensity that doesn't necessarily have to mean anything.
Ed Kowalczyk -
Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it.
Orison Swett Marden -
Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together.
Jewel Kilcher
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New York is like the weirdest city in the United States, in a great way, and Los Angeles is probably more similar to most of America.
Ellie Kemper -
Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.
Joanne Rowling -
Gold, or at least the prospect of it, saved him, then killed him.
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