A. J. Liebling Quotes

A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.

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• I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Enjoy
  • Look
  • Limit

• Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Life
  • Change
  • Environmental

• People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • People
  • Girl
  • Myself

• My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • Up
  • Job
  • Practice

• Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Free
  • Crazy
  • Effort

• I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

  

  Jackson Pollock
  • Painting
  • Canvas
  • Ever

• I'm a warrior for the middle class.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Class
  • Warrior
  • Middle

• I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Time
  • Important
  • Nice

• I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • People
  • God
  • Best

• Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Good
  • Job
  • Guy

• I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Believe
  • Freedom
  • Dreams

• After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Music
  • Country
  • Home

• Doing 'Prometheus' was what you imagine being an actor is like when you're five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed by an alien. It was a real treat; it felt like being a part of movie history.

  

  Rafe Spall
  • Real
  • History
  • Movie

• When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
  • Pretty
  • Want
  • You

• Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Why
  • Art

• It takes one person to give you a big chance.

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • You
  • Chance
  • Big

• I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Danger
  • Terror
  • Effect

• I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Fun
  • Day
  • Sweet

• Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

  

  Kristen Bell
  • Believe
  • She
  • Stop

• 1961 was when I was really into clothes. I left school at 15 and started copying a bloke who used to go up on the train to London with me; Leslie, I think his name was. He was like, top mod of his own area. He wore Italian jackets with white linen jeans. Boy, was that cool! I mean, that's in style now - it's very much the L.A. look. But he was wearing it then, and it looked supercool.

  

  David Bowie
  • School
  • Mean
  • Boys

• I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: Today we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance.

  

  Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Today
  • Grief

• Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.

  

  Jeffrey Gitomer
  • Rock

• The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.

  

  George Montgomery
  • Work
  • Pain
  • Workout

• A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Culture
  • Period