Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the behaviour which is condemned; Puritan decadence regards the name itself as indecent, and pretends that the object behind that name does not exist until it is named.Stephen Spender
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I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
Harry Callahan -
I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
Ferdinand Marcos -
If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.
S. Jay Olshansky -
I don't think a reggaeton song will break again like 'Gasolina' did.
Maluma -
You have to follow that next step.
Laura Moser -
I was always fascinated with science, and being Persian, it's instilled in us at a young age to follow something very academic in our career.
Nazanin Boniadi
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I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.
Macaulay Culkin -
I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
We should just go back to, like, episode 30 and re-break from there and just make it a spaceship. That would be the unexpected reboot of 'Lost.'
Carlton Cuse -
Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.
Laura Schlessinger -
The international monetary system is the glue that binds national economies together.
Barry Eichengreen -
'Bird and beast and stone and star - we are all one, all one -' murmured the Hamadryad, softly folding his hood about him as he himself swayed between the children. 'Child and serpent, star and stone - all one.'
P. L. Travers
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Smite, Smoot, Be rugged and rough, Smut if smitten Is front-page stuff.
Ogden Nash -
The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain existing thing, either includes the non-existence of that thing or the non-existence of some of its good conditions.
Maimonides -
A poem should be a part of one's sense of life.
Wallace Stevens -
The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.
Fred Wilson -
Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software.
Fred Wilson -
I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.
Claire McCaskill
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The Swedish Academy of Sciences has seen fit, by awarding the Nobel Prize, to honour the method of producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen.
Fritz Haber -
I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps.
Kim Cattrall -
I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.
Kris Kristofferson -
My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.
Darrell Issa -
Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
Jack Henry Abbott -
My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the behaviour which is condemned; Puritan decadence regards the name itself as indecent, and pretends that the object behind that name does not exist until it is named.
Stephen Spender