Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
My uncle was famous for his balanced point of view. At the time of which I am writing (when he was nearly seventy) it had become so balanced, that the act of balancing seemed rather automatic.One had only to offer him an opinion for him to balance it with a counter- opinion of exactly the same weight, as a grocer puts a pound weight against a pound of sugar.Stephen Spender
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
Dan Rather -
There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
Verne Troyer -
A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
Sam Trammell -
I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.
Mads Mikkelsen -
Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
Adam Beach -
The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
N. Scott Momaday
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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.
Vidal Sassoon -
If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
Rand Paul -
The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
Frances Beinecke -
My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
Halsey -
The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
Barry Diller
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I just would like to be challenged. I want to push myself to the limit, and constantly challenge myself and grow as an artist. That's where I want to go. Explore different things, different characters, in film, and just everything!
Imani Hakim -
I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.
Florence Henderson -
I got into sports because that was a way to prove your masculinity. I was good at it.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!
Zooey Deschanel -
I used to work for a catering company - I waitressed for Harry Winston events. I remember being so hungry, I would eat when I was supposed to be catering to other people.
Karla Souza -
Thank God, I have sort of a pan-European accent rather than Russian, which doesn't sound very pleasantly to Americans. For them, we speak with a rather rude pitch, and that might be our actors' problem there. Now I've begun working with language coaches in Los Angeles to get rid of the accent completely.
Yuliya Snigir
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All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.
LL Cool J -
Donors, like voters, increasingly expect candidates to exercise fiscal discipline.
Mark McKinnon -
Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.
Michael Clarke Duncan -
When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.
Dennis Kucinich -
We're extremely excited about the assets that Yahoo has in the areas of Sports and Finance and Email and News. You match those up with AOL, and we've just made an exponential leap in capabilities here.
Lowell McAdam -
My uncle was famous for his balanced point of view. At the time of which I am writing (when he was nearly seventy) it had become so balanced, that the act of balancing seemed rather automatic.One had only to offer him an opinion for him to balance it with a counter- opinion of exactly the same weight, as a grocer puts a pound weight against a pound of sugar.
Stephen Spender