Virginia Woolf Quotes
In the 18th century we knew how everything was done, but here I rise through the air, I listen to voices in America, I see men flying- but how is it done? I can't even begin to wonder. So my belief in magic returns.Virginia Woolf
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
Naturi Naughton 3LW -
I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
Iggy Azalea -
Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
Nadia Comaneci -
I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.
Laura Carmichael -
I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
Patricia Reilly Giff -
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
Hans Selye
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
Saina Nehwal -
When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
Katarina Witt -
I started cooking out of middle school depression.
Zac Posen -
I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
Gary Johnson -
I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
Carl Spitteler -
All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
Walt Whitman
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.
Ice T -
Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
Ban Ki-moon -
I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.
Caitlin Moran -
What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
Garth Brooks -
Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
Walter Kaufmann -
I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat.
Ophelia Lovibond
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I don’t believe there will be a military solution to this conflict but I do believe there will be a military component to it. The vast majority of the fighting will be done by people from the region and by Syrians themselves, but that doesn’t mean that the UK shouldn’t play a role.
Jo Cox -
Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.
Beck -
Suppose we wonder whether we should trust the deliverances of our basic epistemic competences. If those are indeed our basic competences, then in order properly to satisfy our curiosity we will inevitably rely on one or more of them. So, either we squelch our curiosity or we will have to fall into the circularity or regress to which the skeptic objects.
Ernest Sosa -
I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.
A. N. Wilson -
Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it.
James Marsden -
In the 18th century we knew how everything was done, but here I rise through the air, I listen to voices in America, I see men flying- but how is it done? I can't even begin to wonder. So my belief in magic returns.
Virginia Woolf