Harry Mathews Quotes
I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.Harry Mathews
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I wrote 'The River' practically trying to rip off every lick that James Taylor had, so it was neat to hear him sing those lyrics because that's who inspired you to write them.
Garth Brooks -
After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
Lara Spencer -
Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
Malcolm X -
My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. -
First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.
Haile Gebrselassie -
I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.
Vince Vaughn
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Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life.
Valerie Simpson -
The greater the emotional intensity, the greater the simplicity.
Alan Hovhaness -
If the enemy tortures, it defines their moral evil and all intelligence gleaned from such coercion is self-evidently false propaganda. If we do it, it isn't wrong, and it leads to good intelligence.Got that? And these people have the gall to describe their ideological opponents as moral relativists.
Andrew Sullivan -
If I hadn't an absolute faith in the harmony of creation, I wouldn't have tried for thirty years to express it in a mathematical formula. It is only man's consciousness of what he does with his mind that elevates him above the animals, and enables him to become aware of himself and his relationship to the universe.
Albert Einstein -
There is no 100 percent pre-nup.
Patti Stanger -
Giving blood, or being near a needle, is the absolute worst.
Lauren Cohan
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My father is the reason I am the way I am today. He's why I acted up and he's why I prayed to be the opposite of him. We made up before he died but I vowed to never raise my kids like how he raised me.
Duane Chapman -
When the violation of parity was discovered I began a series of electronic experiments to investigate parity violation in hyperon decays.
James Cronin -
When you're from an unknown place, I think it's hard for you to believe it's possible. You think you have to go to L.A. or New York to make it, but I don't think that's true. I'm glad to be an example that you can make it from where you are. All you need is talent and hard work.
Alessia Cara -
That was something that I learned: It's actually okay if the way that I do my best is when I'm treated well.
Jenny Slate -
I think music is another language.
Dar Williams -
Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.
Diana Krall
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I grew up in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto when I was 22 or 23.
Bryan Lee O'Malley -
Advertisers now have a highly targeted opportunity for aligning their brands alongside the entertainment experience people are enjoying on YouTube.
Chad Hurley -
Why can't a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own? His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation They just weigh him down.
Elvis Costello -
He closed his eyes, dropping his forehead against hers. “You’ll be the death of me, Elena.” She smiled. “You need a little excitement in that boring old life of yours.
Nalini Singh -
She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet were her eyes Warmer than May her tender sighs
Bernie Wayne -
I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.
Harry Mathews