Steven Millhauser Quotes
All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.Steven Millhauser
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
Malcolm McDowell -
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
Walter Salles -
We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.
Nan Hayworth -
I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
Zubin Mehta -
New thinking. Unleashing growth that creates opportunity. Promoting development that lifts all people out of poverty.Supporting democracy that gives citizens their say. Advancing the security and justice that delivers peace. Respecting the human rights of all people. These are the keys to progress - not just in Africa, but around the world.
Barack Obama
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Men created civilization only to impress their girl friends
Orson Welles -
The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.
Louis Agassiz -
She's not a bad girl becauseShe made me see, hmmm...How love could be.But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because)She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because)She wants to be free (bad girl)
Smokey Robinson -
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?’ (Hays translation)
Marcus Aurelius -
when the bank calls: 'Chase Bank, I'm self-employed, how long do you want to stay on the phone?'
Maria Bamford -
I didn't realize people tip for take-out.
Curtis Granderson
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Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor of love.
Ellen G. White -
I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.
Christine Lagarde -
I've just always had faith. I always had a relationship with God, always spiritually, and always just had that confidence in Him that he would always have my back.
Chris Harris, Jr. -
As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently.
Jim Evans -
I've always been a direct guy.
Keith Matthew Thornton -
My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'
Twyla Tharp
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In other words, it is my view that the brain is preprogrammed to feel good (i.e., to seek a sense of well-being/gratification). This is what I term the gratification principle. This usually occurs as the result of instinctive salient/relevant acts or what we normatively decide are salient/relevant acts.
Nayef Al-Rodhan -
I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such words as ptarmigan, psalm, and phthisis.
P. G. Wodehouse -
If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
Anthony J. D'Angelo -
There's an uncanniness to living in Los Angeles, from the way you move through the city to the moments of feeling familiarity or deja vu, like you've been somewhere or you know something when you really don't.
Martine Syms -
All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.
Steven Millhauser