Alan Villiers Quotes

The singing of sea shanties as working songs at sea is a lost art

Alan Villiers

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• When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • Time
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• The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.

  

  Larry Poons
  • Past
  • Simple
  • Now

• My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Like
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  • Kitchen

• Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Today
  • Human
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• It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

  

  Bebe Rexha
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• I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

  

  Aaron Stanford
  • Different
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• I babysat kids in a ShopRite, which is a grocery store. They had a babysitting center so that parents could bring their children while they shopped. It was awful. I also was not very good at keeping the kids calm.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Good
  • Children
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• Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Always
  • Feel
  • Said

• If you go to prison, your child support adds up.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Up
  • Support
  • Child

• I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • People
  • Love
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• A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Music
  • India
  • Mozart

• With their propagandistic frame of mind, feminist leaders never admitted that their opponents could be equally motivated by ethics.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Mind
  • Feminist
  • Motivated

• You have got to be able to picture side by side everything Matisse and I were doing at that time. No one has ever looked at Matisse's painting more carefully than I; and no one has looked at mine more carefully than he.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Time
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  • Painting

• I think living well is the key: trying not to build up regrets for the things we didn't do in our lives; to try to live a regret-free life in which we feel satisfied in what we're doing; and to try to be kind to ourselves and not disappointed in ourselves.

  

  Irvin D. Yalom
  • Life
  • Up
  • Live

• Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

  

  Laurence J. Peter
  • Time
  • Long
  • Past

• 'Genes, Girls, and Gamow' was an attempt, even more than 'The Double Helix,' to mix science with one's personal life. With 'The Double Helix,' no one had done it before, but I thought I'd try.

  

  James D. Watson
  • Life
  • Done
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• Broken institutions are an opportunity rather than a time to go home.

  

  Laurene Powell Jobs
  • Time
  • Home
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• When I'm on the set, I'll come up with ideas if I'm sort of just between responsibilities, because there's a lot of sitting around on set. Invariably, though, the stuff I come up with on the set tends to be bad.

  

  Bruce Eric Kaplan
  • Up
  • Bad

• While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters.

  

  John Kenneth Galbraith
  • Important

• One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.

  

  Christian Louboutin
  • People
  • Time
  • Walking

• I like people. Listen, if you're a hotelier, if you're a creative person, and you're working with the things that I do, then you have to like people; otherwise, you simply can't get anywhere.

  

  Anouska Hempel
  • People

• Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • People
  • God
  • Remember

• The singing of sea shanties as working songs at sea is a lost art

  

  Alan Villiers
  • Art
  • Song
  • Lost