Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.Vladimir Nabokov
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And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.
Laura Innes -
I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
Gabrielle Reece -
We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
Barack Obama -
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
Valentina Tereshkova -
I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
Tasha Smith -
We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
D. B. Weiss
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
Yoko Ono -
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Karl Popper -
My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
Flip Wilson -
I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
Rae Carson -
I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
Barbara Kingsolver
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
Bayard Taylor -
I am a big fan of movies that don't take themselves too seriously. You know you won't change the world, but have fun. Movies like 'Butch Cassidy' I enjoyed tremendously, but it didn't alter my opinion of the world.
Baltasar Kormakur -
Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.
Tavi Gevinson -
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
T. S. Eliot -
I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.
Laura Carmichael -
As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.
Valentino Rossi
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Daddy Fat Sacks B-I-G B-O-I, its that same motherfucker that put them knucles to your eye.'
Outkast -
Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.
Jesse Eisenberg -
I have people ask me if I'm going to convince my daughters to be Democrats, and I say, 'I have yet to convince my daughters to close a door.' I don't how in the world I would ever convince them to be in a political affiliation.
James Carville -
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
Pele -
Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.
Barry McCaffrey -
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.
Vladimir Nabokov