William Feather Quotes
Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.William Feather
Quotes to Explore
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
Barbara Hepworth -
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
A. N. Wilson -
Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
Jack Schwartz -
I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
Aaron Douglas -
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
Samuel Butler
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
Isaac Asimov -
I've learned never say never.
Carl Forti -
I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
Jackie Robinson -
Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
Landon Donovan -
There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
Imogen Poots -
Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do anything creative. They shrug and claim that they 'have no talent.' They say things like, 'Don't quit your day job' or 'Leave it to the professionals.' In the steampunk subculture, I don't hear those things.
Kaja Foglio
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
C. S. Lewis -
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
Ramakrishna -
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.
Obiageli Ezekwesili -
As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
Forest Whitaker -
I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
Gaby Hoffmann
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In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?
Abraham Lincoln -
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.
Alan Ball -
A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
Abbas Kiarostami -
I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
Carl Hiaasen -
My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
Hailee Steinfeld -
Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.
William Feather