Vinoba Bhave Quotes
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.Vinoba Bhave
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
I voted for Barack Obama.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
Tanya Tucker -
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
Barbara Kingsolver -
When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence?' I should start doing autographs - although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn't make that mistake.
Haley Bennett -
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
Taslima Nasrin
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Quiet is the new loud.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
Laura Harring -
Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.
Victor Hugo -
No person is just one particular emotion.
Octavia Spencer -
Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.
Salman Rushdie -
I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
Naomi Campbell
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
Paris Hilton -
I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
Barbara Broccoli -
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
Maggie Gallagher -
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
A. S. Byatt -
I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
Vin Scully
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A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke.
Soren Kierkegaard -
Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.
Carolyn Hax -
You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
Salman Rushdie -
It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.
Joe Moore -
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
Vinoba Bhave