William Davenant (D'Avenant) Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
Tamae Watanabe -
Everyone at Junction Point has been inspired by the creative folks at Pixar and Disney Feature Animation to make 'entertainment for everyone.'
Warren Spector -
Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
Edgar Ramirez -
I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
Inbee Park -
The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
Victor Garber -
There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
Campbell Scott
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There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.
J. D. Salinger -
Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
Venus Williams -
I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
Halle Berry -
I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
Harold Wilson -
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
Saadi
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Make yourself comfortable in everything you do.
Sammy Sosa -
I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
Harold Pinter -
Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
Ouida -
I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
Natalie Dormer -
The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
Gary Lineker -
So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
Felicity Kendal
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I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.
Jada Pinkett Smith -
If you had asked people in 1929, 'Here is what is about to happen. How much would you pay to avoid the Great Depression from occurring?' The answer is they would have paid a lot. They would have borrowed money if it could be used to prevent the Great Depression.
Austan Goolsbee -
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
O. Henry -
Chemistry is so important and so unpredictable. Sometimes you get in a room with someone where aesthetically you make perfect sense as a couple, and then you read, and you're both kind of sitting there like, 'This isn't working for some strange reason; it just doesn't really pop.'
Margot Robbie -
We discussed this very important issue yesterday over a beer.
Vladimir Putin -
Small are the seeds fate does unheeded sow Of slight beginnings to important ends.
William Davenant