William Boyd Quotes
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I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.
K. A. Applegate -
Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
Sam Graves -
Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
Felix Bloch -
My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.
Jackie Chan -
I always try to give my songs as gifts.
Dan Fogelberg -
Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
F. Lee Bailey
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Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre: I can operate from a position of ignorance and make up my own rules instead of being bound by customs and practice.
Irvine Welsh -
I love Al Pacino.
Rain -
For me, I knew the Christy flat was a beautiful shoe, but I had no idea the incredible trend that would follow – I mean, it's the most copied thing ever!
Edgardo Osorio -
They the Beatles came backstage after one of my lectures, and they said to me: 'Even from an early age we have been seeking a highly spiritual existence. We tried drugs and that didn't work.' They are such practical and intelligent young boys that it took them only two days to find that Transcendental Meditation is the answer.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -
There is no substitute for a militant freedom. The only alternative is submission and slavery.
Calvin Coolidge -
Как легко, доктор, быть философом на бумаге и как это трудно на деле!
Anton Chekhov
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The SFPD has had a lot of issues, and I think one of the issues that needs to be addressed is the racist text messages that have been passed back and forth between PD members, not only talking about the community, but also talking about colleagues that work in the same department as them.
Colin Kaepernick -
There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.
Anne Stevenson -
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.
Jerry Brown -
Stunt work offers a diversity of roles and, while I'm used to anonymity, I really like showing off and performing in front of camera, though I know my limitations.
Joel Edgerton -
When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help but develop an instinct for quality food.
Alain Ducasse -
Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work.
Daniel H. Pink
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It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs like "Peace Trail". It was the right time of the month; everything was looking good.
Neil Young Buffalo Springfield -
Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
Ivan Turgenev -
I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.
William Christopher -
When I came back from my first TED, very few people knew what it was. But around the time I was sitting down to write 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' in 2010, TED was exploding.
Maria Semple -
In reality it was much simpler. For at least ten years the God of childhood, already fairly weak, had been pushed aside like an old sick person, and I felt no need for the sanctity of marriage.
Elena Ferrante -
Humankind can tolerate only so much rejection.
William Boyd