R. M. Ballantyne Quotes
Fear is not cowardice. Acting in a wrong and contemptible manner because of our fear is cowardice.R. M. Ballantyne
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The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.
Jack Hanna -
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
E. B. White -
For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
Victoria Abril -
I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
Ian Jackson -
I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhere in the Middle East because they keep buying really nice horses for their Olympic teams - like, the Qataris.
Edie Campbell
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
Yves Behar -
I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death.
Samantha Shannon -
To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
Edmund Phelps -
We must remember that as the centuries go by, time will pass.
Pat Paulsen
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
Gary Oldman -
The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
Youssou N'Dour -
I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
Sam Shepard -
You have to learn how to act a pop song. You have to find the balance of the pop from the pop song and the lyrical significance of the scene you are in.
Aaron Lazar -
I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
Barry Hannah -
I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.
Abigail Washburn
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I am a complete, mature, self-sufficient being.
Frederick W. Taylor -
Your skin will get better, you're going to be more attractive, you're more likely to get a job - all the things you want, you will get as a result of being in a more calm place.
Gabrielle Bernstein -
I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
Flo Rida -
A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.
Arthur Schopenhauer -
An injured lion still wants to roar.
Randy Pausch -
Fear is not cowardice. Acting in a wrong and contemptible manner because of our fear is cowardice.
R. M. Ballantyne