Fisher Ames Quotes
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.Fisher Ames
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As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn't as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be.
Ian Mcewan -
We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely not. The city has been completely taken over by the rich.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
Canelo Alvarez -
I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
D'Angelo -
My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
Hakeem Olajuwon -
The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.
E. P. Thompson
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
Fidel Castro -
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E. Joseph Cossman -
The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive about that.
Kate Middleton -
I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.
Aaron Neville -
If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there.
Earl King -
I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
Barbra Streisand
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
T-Pain -
There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
J. M. Coetzee -
It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
Kapil Dev -
I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.
Vikram Seth -
I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.
Rachel Nichols -
I don't mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it's a good one.
Joseph Mulrey McIntyre
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If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
Usain Bolt -
Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'
Gary Oldman -
As soon as I stopped trying to think about a business idea and started focusing on what I’m passionate about, that’s when it came to me.
Nicholas D. Woodman -
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
Fisher Ames