Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.Stephen Spender
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
Karl Lagerfeld -
They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
Larry King -
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
Quentin Crisp -
I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
Foster Friess -
Pride the first peer and president of hell.
Daniel Defoe
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Kevin Bacon and I went up for the same stuff, and people would say, 'You and Kevin have the same quality.' I was like, 'I do?' I remember seeing 'Footloose' and thinking, 'How do I have any kind of quality that that guy does?'
Zach Galligan -
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
Imran Khan -
What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
Randy Quaid -
In a nursery, if you don't take care of those plants, your profits get lost real quickly. You have to weed. You have to water. You have to nurture. Also, you have to take care of your employees in such a way that they do the same.
Jack Dangermond -
I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
A lot of times you have to dip into the independent world to find the really great projects and the really great scripts. They're out there - you just have to search hard.
A. J. Cook
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Nothing comes without hard work. I've been taught that by many people growing up.
Taylor Lautner -
Helping women achieve higher pay is a core goal of this book.
Warren Farrell -
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
Patrick Rothfuss -
We have to be able to criticize what we love,Say what we have to say,'Cause if you're not trying to make something better,Then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.
Ani DiFranco -
‘Aren’t people funny? I don’t find where one sits at dinner fascinating at all,’ lied the Princess.
Edward St Aubyn -
Type 'What is th' and faster than you can find the 'e' Google is sending choices back at you: 'What is the cloud?' 'What is the mean?' 'What is the American dream?' 'What is the illuminati?' Google is trying to read your mind. Only it's not your mind. It's the World Brain.
James Gleick
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Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.
Pilou Asbaek -
I really utilize all of my social networking sites.
Bethany Mota -
I'm mortified to have to pay 50%! While I use the NHS, I can't use public transport any more. Trains are always late, most state schools are shit, and I've gotta give you, like, four million quid – are you having a laugh? When I got my tax bill in from the album 19, I was ready to go and buy a gun and randomly open fire.
Adele -
With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.
Pierce Brosnan -
I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
Stephen Spender