Michael Ondaatje Quotes
She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.
Michael Ondaatje
Quotes to Explore
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
Karen Hughes
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Sugarcoating doesn't do anybody any good.
Taylor Sheridan
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For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.
Yana Kudryavtseva
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Washington Irving
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
Samuel Johnson
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If the world acts together, we can make sure that all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and dignity.
Barack Obama
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The best thing about art is that it is the one luxury in life that can be enjoyed by everyone. And it lasts forever.
Lynda Resnick
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Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.
Jason Aldean
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Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.
Kevin Spacey
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This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.
R. C. Sproul
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It's just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no. You know what it is? People are adults and they know they're at a comedy show but every once in a while somebody isn't an adult and then for some reason, you know, it's lazy reporting. They're trying to create this thing that isn't happening. It's not like people go in there and are just sitting with laptops open getting ready to blog about every stupid joke.
Bill Burr
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Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writing. With writing, you take a set of facts and ideas, and you reason your way forward to a story that pulls them together. With woodworking, you start with an end product in mind, and reason your way backward to the raw wood.
Joshua Foer
