Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds.
Vladimir Nabokov
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
Farnaz Fassihi
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
Becky G
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
H. G. Wells
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
Carine Roitfeld
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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
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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
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
Patrick Stump
Fall Out Boy
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten
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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
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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
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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
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
Damian Lewis
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It's annoying when you're trying to have dinner with your friends, and people come over constantly and ask for your autographs. When I was younger, I'd stand and wait three hours if I had to. I wouldn't think of butting into their conversation or anything like that. Loss of privacy is the biggest thing I don't like.
Eddie Irvine
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
Zadie Smith
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The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.
Cokie Roberts
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You meet people, and you're like, 'I don't know how I feel about you,' and someone does something surprising that changes your mind. We're interesting creatures; we're nuanced, complicated and layered, and we make all sorts of choices.
Clare-Hope Ashitey
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Devices which in some curious new way imitate nature are attractive to simple minds.
Vladimir Nabokov
