Harry Mathews Quotes

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Harry Mathews

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• There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Power
  • Question
  • Humanity

• There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Think
  • Education
  • Problems

• I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Real
  • Book
  • Think

• Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

  

  Ida Lupino
  • World
  • Men
  • Woman

• There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Character
  • Enjoy
  • Doing

• I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Good
  • Children
  • Education

• Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Building
  • Bridges
  • Walls

• It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • World
  • Democracy
  • Religion

• Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Education
  • Cool
  • Jail

• My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

  

  Samaire Armstrong
  • Sexy
  • Comfort
  • Too Much

• I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Time
  • Goal
  • Acting

• The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • World
  • Bored
  • Sight

• But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

  

  Vernor Vinge
  • Will
  • Happen
  • Technological

• We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • People
  • Challenge
  • Green

• I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Life
  • Know
  • Humanity

• Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

  

  G. Gordon Liddy
  • Crime
  • Obviously
  • Pays

• 'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Time
  • Dad
  • Always

• I try to eat healthy for the most part. When I cut weight, I cut pretty much everything out. I don't have protein when I cut weight other than what I might get from something like chicken breast. So I don't eat any extra protein, just because I'm trying to get the weight off. That's the only real diet I have.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Real
  • Trying
  • Pretty

• Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it'll be too stuffy.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Experience
  • Literature
  • Bible

• When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and we would make up radio shows and become disc jockeys on our home wire recorder. And then came rock and roll.

  

  Art Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel
  • Up
  • Home
  • Friends

• It's not like if I play in big places I won't be happy. But I don't want to start adapting to what's in style to make my music. I want to stay true to my roots, to keep making the music I love, that comes from my soul. And if there are people who want to listen to it, I'm happy.

  

  Juanes
  • Music
  • Roots
  • Stay True

• Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger.

  

  Ken Salazar

• Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

  

  Harry Mathews
  • Music
  • Love
  • Arts