William Gilmore Simms Quotes
The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.William Gilmore Simms
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
Oren Peli -
The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.
Tammy Duckworth -
I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.
Taylor Kinney -
Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister -
You have to be yourself.
Young Thug -
All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
Salman Khan
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
Ramez Naam -
My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
Fortune Feimster -
People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
Ramez Naam -
Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
Wayne McGregor -
An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
Francesca Annis -
There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
Kate Reardon
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
Quavo Migos -
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp -
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar Wilde -
And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
Eddie Campbell -
A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking but declined to say, or what he would have thought had he been wiser. A writer turns his life into material, and if you're in his life, he uses yours, too.
Walter Kirn -
The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
Fabrizio Moreira
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Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
Jimmy Smits -
The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.
Sarah Orne Jewett -
Not that many people, even contemporary writers, write about right now.
Anna Deavere Smith -
The Olympics are only once every four years, so you have to take advantage of all your opportunities, both to be an inspiration to people and help support your sponsors who help you.
Lolo Jones -
War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington - not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict.
Dwight D. Eisenhower -
The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.
William Gilmore Simms