Thomas More Quotes
On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'Thomas More
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
Dan Brown -
Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
Karen Elson -
I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
J. D. Vance -
I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
Natsuki Takaya -
Google never knew how successful key words would be.
Yuri Milner -
I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
Dan Brown
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I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie.
Quentin Tarantino -
I'm a Nintendo geek, so I'm a pretty big Nintendo fan.
Warren Spector -
Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster and faster.
Olivier Megaton -
And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to make a change in the country, and I think we did change this country. And I think we will continue to, and I know that my father is not going to stop fighting.
Vanessa Kerry -
I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Barack Obama -
I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I can't imagine what kind of writer I'd be if I didn't have my kids.
Barbara Kingsolver
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I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. Buddhism teaches prajna (understanding as against superstition and supernaturalism), karuna (love), and samara (equality). This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society.
Babasaheb -
Where there is fear there is aggression.
Jiddu Krishnamurti -
One can only be staggered by the hubris of modern artists if we compare them, say, to the humble builders of Chartres Cathedral whose names are not even known. The artist ought to be distinguished by selfless devotion to duty; but we forgot about that a long time ago.
Andrei Tarkovsky -
Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.
Angela Kinsey -
This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge -
The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.
Pope Benedict XVI
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Daft Punk's 'One More Time' remains one of my favorite 'getting ready to go out tonight' songs.
Aslaug Magnusdottir -
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
Katharine Hepburn -
'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.
Yann Martel -
I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don't like, and you hate her for a while - then you love her again. I'd like to see her have unlikable moments that the audience understands and sympathizes with.
Adelaide Kane -
My mother was the one who totally got behind me as far as, do things and ask questions later. My father would say, "I don't care how dirty you are up there, just be funny." Because they knew me offstage. They knew I was a good guy. They knew my whole plan of becoming the most exciting comedian, visually, ever. A real rock-and-roll stand-up comic.
Andrew Dice Clay -
On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'
Thomas More