William H. Gass Quotes
I was struck by the way in which meanings are historically attached to words: it is so accidental, so remote, so twisted. A word is like a schoolgirl's room--a complete mess--so the great thing is to make out a way of seeing it all as ordered, as right, as inferred and following.William H. Gass
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr. -
Spare no expense to save money on this one.
Samuel Goldwyn -
When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.
Karl Lagerfeld -
The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.
Yoko Ono -
Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.
Dan Jenkins -
I'm on a search for the truth.
Nancy Grace
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I've been through a lot of moments when other people thought Bitcoin was going to implode, and in those instances, I generally have seen through inaccurate coverage of it.
Olaf Carlson-Wee -
I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious.
Parker Posey -
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
Ian Mcewan -
If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
Nancy Pelosi -
I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
Gary Sinise
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
Vince Cable -
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
F. H. Bradley -
I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.
Oded Fehr -
I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
Park Chan-wook -
I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
Taylor Swift -
I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
Natalie Babbitt
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I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again.
Fanny Kemble -
The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.
William Wordsworth -
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
Tacitus -
I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
Kanye West -
The best way to find something you love is by doing something you hate.
Casey Neistat -
I was struck by the way in which meanings are historically attached to words: it is so accidental, so remote, so twisted. A word is like a schoolgirl's room--a complete mess--so the great thing is to make out a way of seeing it all as ordered, as right, as inferred and following.
William H. Gass