Nick Harkaway Quotes
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
Daniel Ellsberg -
Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
Lance Armstrong -
People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
Imelda Marcos -
All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
Otto Dix -
Everyone needs help when they try something new.
Zoe Sugg -
I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
Ursula Andress
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
Paris Hilton -
I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
Idina Menzel -
I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
Eddie Marsan -
The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
Orison Swett Marden -
By the grace of God, my parents were fantastic. We were a very normal family, and we have had a very middle-class Indian upbringing. We were never made to realise who we were or that my father and mother were huge stars - it was a very normal house, and I'd like my daughter to have the same thing.
Abhishek Bachchan -
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
Earl Wilson
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I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.
Francesco Quinn -
I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.
Gabrielle Union -
Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.
Danica McKellar -
Pop music is probably the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the general public. The more people buy a record, the more successful it is - not only commercially but artistically.
Manfred Mann -
The prose writer drags meaning along with a rope, the poet makes it stand out and hit you.
T. E. Hulme -
If I see an ending, I can work backward.
Arthur Miller
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I talk funny 'cause I come from Canada.
Katherine Ryan -
I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
Gabriella Wilde -
Surely there are common-sense reforms that we should, and must, take in order to keep our children and our communities safe. I take these recommendations very seriously, and will listen to the voices of my constituents to ensure I do everything I can to help prevent gun violence.
Paul Tonko -
When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself, it is not because of something one does or doesn't do. It is there in the beginning, when we are children, but slowly it gets lost.
A. H. Almaas -
Children, bored and opinionated, are scholars of the most dogmatic stripe.
Nick Harkaway