Flann O'Brien Quotes
I suppose we all have our recollections of our earlier holidays, all bristling with horror.Flann O'Brien
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
Paget Brewster -
My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.
Oleg Cassini -
Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
Yann Martel -
Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
Kate Atkinson -
I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
L. J. Smith -
We've always had anti-Muslim bigots, but they've always been at the fringes of society.
Ibrahim Hooper
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
Olivia Wilde -
The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
Sam Graves -
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
F. Sionil Jose -
I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
Yael Naim -
As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.
Nate Robinson -
My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.
Victor Ponta
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I think the most important thing for a listener is to realize that he, too, should not listen to music in a passive way; that if you sit in a concert hall and expect to be moved or taken off your seat by the music, it will not happen.
Daniel Barenboim -
James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong – he's good.
Captain Beefheart -
I love to post behind-the-scenes photos of what is really going on. My twitter friends really seem to like that and the great thing is I can deliver them information right away.
Nancy O'Dell -
Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
Walter Scott -
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
C. Wright Mills -
I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.
Walter Hill
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How few women have any history after the age of thirty!
Elizabeth Oakes Smith -
If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.
Heath Ledger -
To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity. Why, would you believe it, when I was a kid I thought it was already too late for me to make good at anything.
Walt Disney -
dreams are shadows cast by truth shining on our darkest secrets
Elizabeth Chandler -
I suppose we all have our recollections of our earlier holidays, all bristling with horror.
Flann O'Brien