William Hazlitt Quotes
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
Umberto Eco -
The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.
Victor Papanek -
When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
Gavin Newsom -
It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.
Rachel Cusk -
Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'
Malala Yousafzai -
To try to create a character without a whole lot of information can be taxing. At the same time, it's fun to just stay on your toes and let the next bit of dialogue come in, and turn the page as you read the next script and see what they have in store for you next.
Dallas Roberts
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.
Joel Edgerton -
In this world, with thy earthly life, thou art under heaven, stars, and elements, also under hell and devils; all ruleth in thee, and over thee.
Jakob Bohme -
The Blue Dogs are a group of conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives.
Jim Matheson -
When Kennedy could not get the civil rights bill passed - and he was the big liberal - Lyndon Johnson came in and it got passed, and he was the conservative and the southerner. So sometimes in politics, to get something done, it takes a special kind of knowledge and a special kind of person, but it doesn't always follow the party lines.
Jim Brown -
You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through it.
Ajay Naidu
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Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have to write the best books we possibly can and hope that, once the pink covers and Bridget Jones have faded from memory, we might finally be allowed just to be called writers.
Lisa Jewell -
Something amazing happens when you tell people you write about sports for a living. You begin to feel like you're in a scene from 'Dawn of the Dead.' The way people change when talking about 'their team' can be nothing short of zombiefication.
Mary Pilon -
I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.
Antony Gormley -
I've always been the most vocal person socially about things that I feel are important.
Anupam Kher -
I got these big coffee table books about Chinese opera from the local library, and I loved looking through them. I loved studying the intricate costumes and figuring out how to 'cartoonify' them.
Gene Luen Yang -
You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.
John Christopher
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resignation, perhaps the most stifling word in the language.
Caitlin Thomas -
Trees have feelings too, and no one ever says 'hi' to them. Next time you're outside and see a tree, say 'hello'.
Daniel Johns Silverchair -
Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.
Oprah Winfrey -
Left to its own devices, the State Department machinery tends toward inertia rather than creativity; it is always on the verge of turning itself into an enormous cable machine.
Henry Kissinger -
We must be doing something to be happy.
William Hazlitt