William Cowper Quotes
Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.William Cowper
Quotes to Explore
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
Dale Turner -
Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.
R. Kelly -
My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
Natascha McElhone -
I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.
Randy Houser -
A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
Kate Grenville -
You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
L'Wren Scott
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
Victoria Pendleton -
I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
Hannah Kearney -
I have a dark sense of humor.
Olivia Munn -
It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
Salman Khan -
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
Beatrice Webb -
Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
Lance Loud
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
Carlos Fuentes -
I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.
Kate Williams -
When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.
Mandy Moore -
When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Gao Xingjian -
I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.
Carly Fiorina
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Music is more fun when it's collaborative, in my opinion.
Alex Gaskarth All Time Low -
The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.
Rumi -
My propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally recognizes them as senseless, when he has climbed out through them, on them, over them. (He must so to speak throw away the ladder, after he has climbed up on it.) (6.54)
Ludwig Wittgenstein -
He who truly believes he has a hangover has no hangover.
Kingsley Amis -
Pain seared through me again-a hot, burning stab in my gut-and yet my body found strength I didn't know I had, correcting as I fell.
Ally Carter -
Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
William Cowper