Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes
A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.Anthony Clifford Grayling
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
Nadia Comaneci -
My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
Karolyn Grimes -
If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
Zhang Zhidong -
I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.
Lana Del Rey -
The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
Candace Bushnell
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
Francesca Annis -
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
Yuna -
I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
Gary David Goldberg -
I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
Inara George -
Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
Katha Pollitt
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Having principled men and women in office is how you protect yourself from tyranny, and that was something I learned from when I was 2, 3, 5 years old.
Ted Cruz -
You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
Aaron Copland -
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
Raf Simons -
Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom.
Malcolm X -
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
Carl von Clausewitz
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I have the full confidence of the coach, and that's extremely important to me.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang -
I feel like there's a randomness in real life that too many Hollywood movies just shave off. It feels too intentional, and life just isn't that intentional. I like popcorn movies. I like entertaining movies. But, I feel like I could do something more in the real world.
Morgan Neville -
Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I was just a kid who had arrived in the world of professional football and thought he could do anything he wanted. But I have learned from my mistakes. I have done everything to change, both on and off the pitch.
Antoine Griezmann -
Everything is connected. Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society.
Pope Francis -
A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.
Anthony Clifford Grayling