R. A. Lafferty Quotes
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
Ian Mckellen -
If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
Omari Hardwick -
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
W. Somerset Maugham -
In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
Abbie Cornish -
Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.
Fat Joe -
I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.
Manny Montana
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
Harold H. Greene -
In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
Sam Kean -
After retiring, I was a little bored with nothing to do and got fat. I thought, if a 60-year-old metabolic fat man, after five years, can get to Mount Everest, that would be very exciting.
Yuichiro Miura -
The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
Barbara Jordan -
Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.
Gary Cole -
On a given day, you can have market fluctuations where prices fluctuate far more than the underlying economic value of the unit.
N. Murray Edwards
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The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.
Carlos Fuentes -
Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.
Wendell Mayes -
I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.
Sam Smith -
The Church is now more like the Scribes and Pharisees than like Christ... What are now called the 'essential doctrines' of the Christian religion he does not even mention.
Florence Nightingale -
God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you’re praying for a million dollars and God said, 'I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested,' it's done, in Jesus' name.
Pat Robertson -
The emphasis on sorcery reflected accusations by the authorities more than it did actual practice. Being threatened, the Church responded by virulent persecution.
Barbara W. Tuchman
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The will for the deed.
Colley Cibber -
I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking.
Gena Rowlands -
You never knew what was going to happen in concert. It was a really exciting prospect to go onstage, and you can hear that in the live recordings ... wherever we were and whatever year it was, we always went onstage determined to do our best.
Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin -
We must kill the Devil afresh every day.
R. A. Lafferty