Qiu Miaojin Quotes
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
Abba Eban -
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
Lance Armstrong -
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
Nas -
I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
Katha Pollitt -
My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.
Talulah Riley -
People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
Nadia Comaneci
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My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow.
Abby Wambach -
The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
Karin Slaughter -
When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
F. Gary Gray -
In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
Orville Redenbacher -
The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.
Randy Falco
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I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.
Edgar Winter -
I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.
Walter Hill -
Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
Gary Bauer -
If journalism is the first draft of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and partisan purposes.
Jackson Katz -
I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.
Hank Aaron -
It should be only a part of my life, but it isn't. I have only one thing: my work.
Nastassja Kinski
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You should never be afraid of looking athletic or building too much muscle.
Alex Morgan -
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
Barry Diller -
Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.
Henry Ward Beecher -
Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.
Lena Headey -
Only a spirit of artistic sincerity can console the souls of humankind.
Qiu Miaojin