Ryan Gosling Quotes

I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.

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• Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Fraud

• It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Love
  • Think
  • Being There

• I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Character
  • Book

• (On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Time
  • Car
  • Thought

• The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

  

  A. P. Herbert
  • People
  • Together
  • Serious

• Writing has never been that simple for me.

  

  Pat Conroy
  • Writing
  • Me
  • Simple

• I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Time
  • School
  • Theatre

• We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends tacit validity to this status quo. People have morally identified with a subset of humanity rather than with humanity as a whole.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Christian
  • Humanity

• I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need some balance.

  

  Oscar Nunez
  • Guy
  • Pretty
  • You

• I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.

  

  Ja Rule
  • God
  • Believe
  • Family

• 'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Age
  • Politics
  • Beauty

• In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • People
  • Good
  • Best

• Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.

  

  J. L. Austin
  • Character
  • General
  • Ritual

• In China, there is a long history of the government not revealing information, so it’s difficult for the Chinese people to ever know the truth. It is vital that we try to bring that truth to life.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People
  • Life
  • Long

• Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

  

  Bonnie Blair
  • Done
  • Winning

• As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.

  

  Dave Davies The Kinks
  • Energy
  • Spiritual
  • Path

• I'm at a time in my life where I'm so filled up that I don't want more.

  

  Jami Gertz
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

  

  Paul Theroux
  • People
  • Writing
  • Pain

• I'm just here for this one purpose, and that's to try and get better each and every day and try and win as much as I can, while I can.

  

  Jason Day
  • Purpose

• Very curious, at the age of about 13 years, Oswald began to study Marxism and he kept on in his writing, affirming that he was a Marxist. Probably he did want to show himself as a great, supreme Marxist.

  

  John Sherman Cooper
  • Great
  • Writing
  • Age

• Having emotional intelligence allows you to manage your emotions, show empathy, and prevent you from getting distracted. It also helps you solve problems and be a more likable person.

  

  John Rampton
  • Emotional
  • Empathy

• Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.

  

  Chris Rock
  • Life
  • Music
  • Movie

• I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.

  

  Ryan Gosling
  • Kids
  • Age
  • Film