H. G. Wells Quotes
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
Becki Newton -
My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
Maeve Binchy -
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
Irving Wallace -
I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
Lady Gaga -
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
Hannah Kent -
It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
Dan Coats -
I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
Viggo Mortensen -
A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
Q-Tip -
It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
Malcolm Wallop
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
Harley Viera-Newton -
I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
Pat Buckley -
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Calvin Coolidge -
When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
Nancy Lublin -
I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
Daniel Bruhl -
'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
Rachel Kushner
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I've been doing dramas for a long time.
Maura Tierney -
Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class.
James Callaghan -
Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.
Douglas Coupland -
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.
Mary Lou Retton -
I always thought on my own that what is a huge part of being an actor, or what made me a better actor, was just really living life. Not being closed in on life, but being more open to experiences and to people and taking risks and exposing yourself to things.
Dominik Garcia-Lorido -
An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic.
H. G. Wells