Harry Mathews Quotes

And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt.

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• Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Food
  • Government
  • Water

• For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.

  

  Bastian Schweinsteiger
  • Important
  • Me
  • Control

• Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Hope
  • Sometimes
  • Clothes

• Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.

  

  O. Henry
  • Live
  • Country
  • Citizenship

• The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Authority

• Wild flowers grow where they will.

  

  Rachel Lambert Mellon
  • Grow
  • Flowers
  • WIld

• The great thing about journalism is that there is so much exposure to all kinds of people who can turn up later as characters, whether you intend it or not.

  

  Tananarive Due
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• For each project I do, I try to surprise myself, do the unexpected, and change my own status quo. From the One Laptop Per Child, the Herman Miller Sayl, or the latest Movado watch collection, there is always an insecurity about being able to do something important. I think each of those projects makes me feel like we have progressed.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Important
  • Change
  • Myself

• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Men
  • Character
  • Power

• We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

  

  Majora Carter
  • World
  • Live
  • Happy

• I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.

  

  Cara Castronuova
  • Time
  • Night
  • Nice

• I pushed against doing a podcast for so long. I'm a very late comer to the podcast game. But you're responsibility as a comedian is to get your viewpoints out into the world, and we have a lot more avenues to do that. So it's a lot more opportunity, but really have to work all the time.

  

  Kurt Braunohler
  • Time
  • World
  • Work

• I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

  

  Charlie Haden

• I never thought I would see a free South Sudan.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Free

• If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

  

  Branford Marsalis
  • People
  • Fun

• Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Friend

• If you really want to annoy me, ask me when I'm going to retire from rock n' roll.

  

  Bruce Dickinson Iron Maiden
  • Rock

• I want to do more action adventures and more romantic comedies.

  

  Maria Bello
  • Action
  • Romantic

• If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.

  

  Kelly Lynch
  • Up
  • Money
  • Independent

• I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Government
  • Democracy
  • Exercise

• I've seen my own blood and broken a few bones. I've been hit, which isn't an entirely bad thing, as at least you have a glimpse of the suffering endured by the people you are photographing. And in a sense, crumbling empires and war have been with me all my life.

  

  Don McCullin
  • People
  • Life
  • War

• As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.

  

  DJ Jazzy Jeff
  • Soul
  • Rock

• I taught myself English. My English teacher was the sitcom 'Friends.' Back in the days when I was, like, 15, 14, it was like a syndrome for Korean parents to make their kids watch 'Friends.' I thought I was a victim at that time, but now I'm the lucky one.

  

  Kim Nam-joon BTS
  • Kids
  • Parents
  • English

• And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt.

  

  Harry Mathews
  • Parents
  • College