R. M. Ballantyne Quotes
Peterkin’s face was undergoing the most remarkable series of changes of expression, which, as I concluded, merged into a smile of beaming delight, as he said,—“Ralph, you’re a trump!
R. M. Ballantyne
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
Patricia Norris
Music is about the performance.
Vanessa Mae
A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
Sam Taylor-Wood
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
P. J. O'Rourke
A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite.
Vidya Balan
Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job.
Adam G. Sevani
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
Adam Jones
I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
Barkhad Abdi
I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.
Wayne Brady
Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
H. P. Lovecraft
First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald