Nancy Mitford Quotes
Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.Nancy Mitford
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
Eavan Boland -
Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova -
In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
Zhu Zhu -
My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
Kaley Cuoco -
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
Gary Johnson -
I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
Malcolm Gets
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
H. L. Mencken -
Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
Oren Peli -
I never understood when people go, 'Oh my gosh, it's so easy being pregnant.' No, it's hard. It's the most beautiful thing, yes, but it's hard.
Camila Alves -
I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
Francesca Annis -
When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
Aaron Paul -
I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
Ian Mckellen
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
Sally Phillips -
I couldn't care less about business.
Manolo Blahnik -
What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.
Ian Mcewan -
Yum-O! I say this if something is so good that 'yum' just isn't enough of an exclamation. The accent is on the 'O' as in, 'Oh! That is so good!'
Rachael Ray -
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
Ramana Maharshi -
I'm a big supporter of immigration.
Malcolm Wallop
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I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.
Amelie Mauresmo -
Politicos talk a big game about bringing jobs to devastated cities like Detroit, but rarely succeed.
Bob Beckel -
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I drank because I enjoyed it. I was happy sitting at the end of the bar on my own, reading the paper. I've always enjoyed my own company, and that stems from riding alone. I never trained with anyone - and I still don't. I've always been happy with my own thoughts, and that sums me up as an individual-pursuit rider.
Bradley Wiggins -
Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.
Nancy Mitford