Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
I don't want an elderly gentleman from Vienna with an umbrella inflicting his dreams upon me.Vladimir Nabokov
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
Carl Paladino -
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
Oscar Pistorius -
The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
Octavia Spencer -
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
Mahatma Gandhi -
From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
Francesca Annis
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
R. A. Butler -
I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.
Caitlin Moran -
I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
Dan Pink
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It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
Kate Reardon -
If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
Jaan Tallinn -
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
Oprah Winfrey -
I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.
Barbara Deming -
I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
Samantha Barks
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Trump's been a public personality forever, and that's fine if you want him to be a reality-TV host, but if you want him to be president, there's a different standard.
John Roger Stephens -
Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess.
Christian Dior -
I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly getting rejected, it started to get me down. But my voice was always there and my dream and my ambition was always there when I went through bad times.
Rebecca Ferguson -
I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.
Vikram Seth -
In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility.
J. L. Austin -
I don't want an elderly gentleman from Vienna with an umbrella inflicting his dreams upon me.
Vladimir Nabokov