William Kingdon Clifford Quotes
A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.William Kingdon Clifford
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
Imran Amed -
Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
Felipe VI of Spain -
I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.
Karl Lagerfeld -
To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
Bebe Moore Campbell -
The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
Dan Jenkins -
I've always been fond of acoustic music.
Ian Anderson
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
Joanne Rowling -
Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
LaMarr Woodley -
But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
Olivier Martinez -
I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
Rachel Nichols -
Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
Tammy Faye Bakker -
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Ovid
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
D. H. Lawrence -
'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
Rachael Taylor -
Having competed themselves, my father and my uncle are very passionate about motorsport, so I inherited it from them.
Pastor Maldonado -
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
Irwin Shaw -
After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.
Venus Williams -
One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.
Harold Pinter
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Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.
Brian J. White -
I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
Ice Cube -
Even when life is difficult or challenging-especially when life is difficult and challenging-the present is always an opportunity for us to learn, grow, and become better than we've ever been before.
Hal Elrod -
A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions.
William Kingdon Clifford