Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born.Vladimir Nabokov
Quotes to Explore
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
Dan Deacon -
I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
Nargis Fakhri -
Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it.
Tamsin Greig -
I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
Sally Hawkins -
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
Barbara De Angelis -
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Samuel Johnson
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'Scott Pilgrim' is something that was a little bit more difficult to put in one box. But, to me, that's not necessarily a bad thing about the movie.
Edgar Wright -
I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
Jack Nicholson -
I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
Laura Ricketts -
Sometimes, I'm an ogre. I can be short. I'll walk into the office some days and I've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, and everybody knows it. I'm a perfectionist. I like to be organized, and I like to get everything done today.
Jack Nicklaus -
I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
Yelawolf -
There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
Zack Snyder
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As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!
Victoria Osteen -
I actually hate shopping.
Kate Bosworth -
The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
Wendy Kopp -
I like to look strong and commanding.
Zoe Saldana -
Lots of TV shows say that they are like doing a movie every week, but 'JAG' truly was a huge show. Lots of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, like being launched off an aircraft carrier and being welcomed by military bases all over California.
Patrick Labyorteaux -
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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His noble negligences teachWhat others' toils despair to reach.
Matthew Prior -
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
Og Mandino -
Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours.
John Petrucci -
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.
Rudyard Kipling -
All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born.
Vladimir Nabokov