Vita Sackville-West Quotes
Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.Vita Sackville-West
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
Samuel Johnson -
I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
Daisy Berkowitz -
I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
Vikas Swarup -
I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
Carlos Fuentes -
Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
Daniel Dennett -
In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
Cameron Crowe
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
Ottessa Moshfegh -
I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.
Rachel Platten -
I miss particularly the managing editor role on the 'Evening News.'
Walter Cronkite -
Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
T-Pain -
So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
Gavin DeGraw -
The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
Ted Sarandos
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I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country.
Bashar al-Assad -
I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
Barbara Kruger -
Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made. I never thought I would actually call him my boss, let alone meet Mick Jagger or have any reason to say my name in the same sentence as his.
Olivia Wilde -
I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.
Zaha Hadid -
That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.
Barry McGuire -
It could be interesting doing something with Kanye.
Zara Larsson
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The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does make a spring, nor does one fine day. Excellence is a habit, not an event.
Aristotle -
You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.
Calvin Johnson -
What I know for sure is that whatever has happened to you has also happened for you.
Oprah Winfrey -
Unless I'm running and yelling, then you really see how crooked my mouth is!
Milo Ventimiglia -
Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.
Vita Sackville-West