Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds.Vladimir Nabokov
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
Ted Allen -
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
Immanuel Kant -
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld -
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
Xavier Becerra
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
Saint Ambrose -
I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
Gary Ross -
Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten -
Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
Edgar Ramirez -
The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.
Lady Gregory
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
Dani Shapiro -
I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in sports and wrote poetry, then played football at the University of Georgia, minoring in drama.
Omari Hardwick -
The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
Narendra Modi -
There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
Kapil Sibal -
I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast with them every morning, having dinner with them every evening, and spend all the weekends with them that I don't work. So as long as I'm not traveling, I'm always with them and I go to their soccer and tennis matches.
Zhang Xin -
I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
Lady Gaga
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I have written some poetry and two prose books about baseball, but if I had been a rich man, I probably would not have written many of the magazine essays that I have had to do. But, needing to write magazine essays to support myself, I looked to things that I cared about and wanted to write about, and certainly baseball was one of them.
Donald Hall -
I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
Rachel McAdams -
People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
Ingvar Kamprad -
If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous. They won't pay attention to you while they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying for expression. So listen patiently and with an open mind.
Dale Carnegie -
Bear in mind that parts of the score may be devoid of direct musical relevance.
Cornelius Cardew AMM -
Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds.
Vladimir Nabokov