Hippolyte Taine Quotes
There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety.Hippolyte Taine
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
Maggie Siff -
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent -
I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
Nancy Werlin -
Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Ogden Nash -
I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
Maisie Williams -
Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
F. Murray Abraham
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The general market wants what I do.
Karen Kingsbury -
Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.
Ichiro Suzuki -
A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all.
Randall Terry -
Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need it. 'A Day In the Life' has gorgeous fills, but there, the song needs it. When I play on any record, I'm striving to get where Ringo is. You play what doesn't take you out of the song.
Benmont Tench Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
The last time I twerked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it!
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
I didn't say that. I don't know who told him that.
Larry Miller
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Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.
Alexander McQueen -
When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch.
Amy Poehler -
If you're from New Jersey, let people make all those bad jokes about our state. Don't let anyone know how great it is here. It's the best kept secret.
Jon Bon Jovi -
Heal me, oh Lord, I will be healed. Save me, oh Lord, I will be saved. Bless me, oh Lord, I will be blessed. Free me, oh Lord, I will be free
T. B. Joshua -
I have personal problems like other people have termites.
Alice Hastings Bradley -
Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
Rand Paul
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Today we have 1 billion users on the Net. By 2010 we will have maybe 2 billion.
Vint Cerf -
I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will.
Nigel Lythgoe -
There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety.
Hippolyte Taine