William Boyd Quotes
Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in the not-so-distant future will not contain you: that the trees you planted will continue growing but you will not be there to see them.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
Odeya Rush
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
Vikas Swarup
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
Irwin Shaw
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Where love is, there God is also.
Mahatma Gandhi
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As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
Ofra Strauss
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
D. B. Weiss
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
Olin Miller
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
Vanessa Kerry
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
Van Morrison
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
Taya Kyle
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
Larry Wall
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
Idris Elba
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
Cameron Diaz
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
Salma Hayek
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I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.
Baltasar Kormakur
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I like to think I have quite a few different styles - sometimes it's a bit rock n' roll, other times more girly and feminine.
Kristin Cavallari
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I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.
Clive Owen
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When I was twelve, I heard about the National Theater School, and I told my parents, 'That's what I want to do.' And that was it.
Ana de Armas
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Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in the not-so-distant future will not contain you: that the trees you planted will continue growing but you will not be there to see them.
William Boyd