Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle.Vladimir Nabokov
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
Gail Simmons -
We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I like to be supportive and a role model.
Rachel Platten -
I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
Sam Shepard -
I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
Canelo Alvarez -
It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
Patrice Motsepe -
All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
Rachel Dratch -
My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
Valerie Bertinelli -
Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
Victor Cruz -
When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
Jack Nicklaus
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
Walid Jumblatt -
I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
Barbara Olson -
Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
Walter Lippmann -
I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.
Dan Maffei -
I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
Dan Marino -
It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people.
Olivier Martinez
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I suppose because I do and can work in the theatre, I don't see work as closing down as an older woman.
Lindsay Duncan -
My parents really encouraged me.
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe -
I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
T. C. Boyle -
Dance ... is life, or becomes it, in a way that other arts cannot attain. It is not in stone, or words or tones, but in our muscles. It is a formulation of their movements.
Baker Brownell -
Nick Cardy's work helped define some of the things we see in comics today and take for granted. He broke out of the mold in terms of covers and layout and created a truly interactive experience for the reader that directly points back to his time with the Eisner studio.
Jim Lee -
Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle.
Vladimir Nabokov