Stephen Hough (Stephen Andrew Gill Hough) Quotes

I've always written - about music, art, things going on around the world. The danger is that it becomes too personal. I don't think people want it at that level of intimacy.

Stephen Hough

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• I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

  

  Larry King
  • Person
  • Worst
  • Traffic

• It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.

  

  Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
  • Strange
  • Example
  • Setting

• The interweb's got a weird vibe.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • Weird
  • Got
  • Vibe

• Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • War
  • Military
  • Cuba

• Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • World
  • Mind
  • Living

• We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Trying
  • Technology
  • Environment

• I don't watch a lot of T.V., and I hardly ever have time to keep up with series, though I do love reruns of old favorites from my childhood like 'Dr. Who', 'The Goodies', and 'Get Smart.'

  

  Garth Nix
  • Up
  • Time
  • Love

• I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.

  

  Charles Spurgeon
  • God
  • Light
  • Trust

• Freedom of love is freedom to say yes to many lovers.

  

  Brigitte Boisselier
  • Freedom

• My husband always smells good to me.

  

  Jessica Capshaw
  • Good
  • Husband

• I am very harsh on myself. I can point out a list. My nose is very strange. I have a very round face. I sound so ungrateful. Obviously I'm being hard on myself. Whether it's body dysmorphia, or whatever it is, I can always find something wrong.

  

  Emily Meade
  • Ungrateful

• Israel must take decisions that are good to Israel. We must not try to satisfy anyone else, including our closest ally, the United States of America.

  

  Danny Danon
  • Good
  • America

• I don't eschew autobiographical writing, but I'm not interested in mine to be so straightforward. The things that tend to move me the most are often those that I have to figure out its meaning for myself. The human being's ability to make a metaphor to describe a human experience is just really cool.

  

  Aimee Bender
  • Writing
  • Experience
  • Cool

• The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.

  

  James Bovard
  • People
  • Power
  • Support

• He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

  

  Billy Wilder
  • Music

• Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

  

  Ashton Kutcher
  • Work
  • Opportunity

• I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un.

  

  Maxine Peake

• I'm always writing. A friend of mine once said, 'You avoid re-writing by writing.' Which is kind of a good point, because re-writing seems to be mostly about craft, and writing is just, like, getting out your passion on a piece of paper.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Friend

• No, life ends and no, there is nothing elsewhere, and no question now of ever finding again that white speck lost in whiteness, to see if they still lie still in the stress of that storm, or of a worse storm, or in the black dark for good, or the great whiteness unchanging, and if not what they are doing.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Life
  • Good
  • Great

• The idea of going somewhere where the salesperson is able to personalize the retail experience for you doesn't work anymore. Stitch Fix is an opportunity to provide a service for people who are looking for more than just buying the cheapest thing with one-day shipping.

  

  Katrina Lake
  • People
  • Work
  • Experience

• Television has embraced so much in terms of storytelling and in terms of a wide array of characters conveying stories from different points of view.

  

  Aja Naomi King
  • Different

• I've always written - about music, art, things going on around the world. The danger is that it becomes too personal. I don't think people want it at that level of intimacy.

  

  Stephen Hough
  • Music
  • Written
  • Intimacy