Virginia Woolf Quotes

Biography is to give a man some kind of shape after his death.

Virginia Woolf

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• The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Movie
  • Beautiful
  • Song

• My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • Business
  • Father
  • India

• If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.

  

  Gary Player
  • Time
  • Hope
  • Heaven

• You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.

  

  Ralph Waite
  • Problems
  • Face
  • Mature

• A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Up
  • Time
  • Year

• It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Trying
  • Mom
  • Challenge

• When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Live
  • Song

• In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of our feelings and sensitivities and our distinct ways of being Spaniards.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • People
  • Feelings
  • Equality

• If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Bad
  • Fun
  • Tennis

• When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Home
  • Play
  • Baby

• I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • May
  • Want
  • Language

• I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I have a track with Premier; it really is one of the best songs I've written in a long time.

  

  Yuna
  • Time
  • Work
  • Believe

• Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.

  

  Iris Chang
  • Time
  • Country
  • Young

• My dad has actually really influenced me musically. I have a weird love for '80s and '90s music. A lot of people are like, 'Are you serious? It's so lame.' But my dad always plays that in the car whenever we're together.

  

  Harley Quinn Smith
  • People
  • Music
  • Dad

• When a young man massacres innocents, we have been trained to believe that the act was due to improper levels of chemical enzymes and misfiring synapses. As we learn more about our cells, we forget more about our souls.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Believe
  • Man
  • Learn

• Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Life
  • Uncertainty
  • Gambling

• I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.

  

  Karl Urban
  • Like
  • Actor
  • Being

• I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.

  

  Carl Forti
  • People
  • Change
  • Peace

• I like owning dirt. You know, I spent a lot of time broke when I moved to California. So deep in my soul is still this idea of being un-employed. To me, owning land means you could sell it at some point and have money.

  

  George Clooney
  • Soul
  • Mean
  • California

• Let us make hay while the sun shines.

  

  Miguel de Cervantes
  • Sun Shines
  • Hay

• The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round, Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound, Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are agleam, Our arms are waving, our lips are apart.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Hair
  • Eye
  • Arms

• Hillary Clinton is someone who's never waited around for someone else to do the hard work. She's been an organizer and a change-maker for her whole life, practically.

  

  Marley Dias
  • Life
  • Work
  • Hillary Clinton

• Biography is to give a man some kind of shape after his death.

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Men
  • Death
  • Giving