Meryl Streep Quotes
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
Ralph Lauren -
I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
Isaac Barrow -
The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.
Edmund Morgan -
My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
Nancy Lublin -
He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.
Galileo Galilei -
No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money.
Samuel Gompers
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I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.
Jack Prelutsky -
On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.
Ian Mckellen -
Sometimes, when you go to airport and look at the people, you see the worst looks - but the worst looks can give you more ideas than the best looks.
Carine Roitfeld -
People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.
Hamid Karzai -
The master's irresponsible power has no such bound.
Fanny Kemble -
Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
Yeardley Smith
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As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime?
Jodi Picoult -
Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.
Jerry Pournelle -
It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing.
Joe Sacco -
I definitely see myself as an international musician. When I play, I respect the source of the music, whether it's Cuban, Brazilian or Israeli. I try to bring that to all of the music I play. Music has no borders and no flags.
Anat Cohen -
When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.
Rita Ora -
War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.
Chief Joseph
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A novel is too much of a commitment. I tend to peruse Twitter - I check to see if I had any mentions and read the latest messages.
Kevin Nealon -
It's amazing what the Internet can teach you to do.
Bobby Schilling -
The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand.
George Bernard Shaw -
I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to train them, and to project our ideas upon them; to ride and drive them, and to make them symbolic, perhaps to a greater degree than any other species.
Jane Smiley -
Ben Carson said black people worked for less. I have breaking news: we built this joint for free. We didn't build it for less.
Angela Rye -
It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.
Meryl Streep