Iris Murdoch Quotes
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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
Yves Behar -
Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
Victoria Justice -
Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
Oscar Wilde -
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
Earl Weaver -
Leadership means setting a moral tone.
J. B. Pritzker -
I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.
Nana Mouskouri
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
Abba Eban -
Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
Gail Carson Levine -
I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
I've always had a strong start, but the start in boardercross is so important. And if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
Nate Holland -
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
G. M. Trevelyan -
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
Pat Riley
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The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it's very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.
Hailee Steinfeld -
Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
Yara Shahidi -
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.
Faye Dunaway -
I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book. Actually, I always wanted to be in a comic book. I watched cartoons when I was a kid, too, and both comics and cartoons lit fire in my imagination. This realm holds a lot of interest for me, a lot of passion for me. So to be comic-ized, yeah, that's cool.
Nathan Fillion -
The women putting their lives at risk for our country deserve better than to be treated as second-class citizens.
Tammy Duckworth -
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
Yogi Berra
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To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.
Mae Jemison -
We can't deny the existence of caste in India. We have to live with it.
Pawan Kalyan -
The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.
Tommy Lee Jones -
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
Iris Murdoch