Virginia Woolf Quotes
It is equally vain,” she thought, “for you to think you can protect me, or for me to think I can worship you. The light of truth beats upon us without shadow, and the light of truth is damnably unbecoming to us both.Virginia Woolf
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
Zubin Mehta -
Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld -
It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.
Wayne Dyer -
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
Karl Barth -
Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
Francia Raisa
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People want to help me. They want the best for me. I always say thank you to people when they try that. I never get mad.
Pablo Sandoval -
I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.
Abu Abbas -
Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
Barbara Steele -
It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
Ted Cruz -
It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
Zoe Sugg -
I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
Valerie Plame
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I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment.
Larry Hagman -
I want to go see Somalia because I've never been there, and I feel like I'm missing out. I want to learn that heritage; I want to learn about my culture.
Halima Aden -
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
Ian Fleming -
A lot of times, when you have very short-term goals with a high payoff, nasty things can happen. In particular, a lot of people will take the low road there. They'll become myopic. They'll crowd out the longer-term interests of the organization or even of themselves.
Dan Pink -
Historians will look back in stupor at 20th and 21st century Americans who believed the magnificent republic they inherited would be enriched by bringing in scores of millions from the failed states of the Third World.
Pat Buchanan -
While there are worldly singularities, there are Christian and salutary ones, too; and this singularity by which one is differentiated from the crowd who tread the broad path is what constitutes the straight and narrow path of the Gospels. ... Holy things will never be established or reestablished so long as we have this fear of appearing singular.
Pasquier Quesnel
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Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
Virginia Woolf -
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.
Jessica Lange -
I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago].
Barack Obama -
In Japan, the writers have made up a literary community, a circle, a society. I think 90 percent of Japan's writers live in Tokyo. Naturally, they make a community. There are groups and customs, and so they are tied up in a way.
Haruki Murakami -
The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure, while always arriving.
Richard Linklater -
It is equally vain,” she thought, “for you to think you can protect me, or for me to think I can worship you. The light of truth beats upon us without shadow, and the light of truth is damnably unbecoming to us both.
Virginia Woolf