William Ames Quotes
Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.William Ames
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
Imran Amed -
I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
Olly Murs -
I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
Cara Buono -
You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
Dan Jenkins -
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
A. A. Milne
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
Jack Ma -
Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
H. Rap Brown -
Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
LaMarr Woodley -
Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.
Ines de La Fressange -
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Ovid
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
Damon Hill -
Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
Van Morrison -
People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.
Harrison Birtwistle -
I'm not a car person. Three years after 'The Da Vinci Code' came out, I still had my old, rusted Volvo. And people are like, 'Why don't you have a Maserati?' It never occurred to me. It wasn't a priority for me. I just didn't care.
Dan Brown -
Art is the proper task of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
Napoleon Hill -
It's necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests.
Sofia Villani Scicolone -
Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating.
Elon Musk -
How foolish to think you can tell your children about yourself before they're at least fifty. To ask to be seen by them as a person and not as a function. To say : I am your history, you begin from me, listen to me, it could be useful to you.
Elena Ferrante -
Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.
William Ames