Walter Pater Quotes
The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.Walter Pater
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
Daniel Craig -
I think I'm a bit odd.
Tamsin Greig -
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
Nadine Velazquez -
A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
Q-Tip -
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
B. B. King
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold -
At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
Dan Stevens -
Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
Oliver Stone -
I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
Taylor Dane -
I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
Tammy Duckworth -
Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
Action Bronson
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
Rachel McAdams -
I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
Fiona Shaw -
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
Vera Farmiga -
I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to develop my game. But it also helped me off the ice. Life here is way different, and I was able to get older.
Saku Koivu -
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
Yogi Berra -
I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
O. J. Simpson
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I've lived with boys and girls, and I find that boys are generally cleaner than girls. Generally! This is a big generalization!
Sam Claflin -
Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.
Vince Vaughn -
I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.
Ursula Andress -
I thought it was great being the only girl in the room. I loved the attention. After I got used to it, I didn't want to be the only girl in the room. I had no one to talk to.
Dawn Steel -
Already London is the biggest centre for Islamic finance outside the Islamic world. But today our ambition is to go further still. Because I don’t just want London to be a great capital of Islamic finance in the Western world. I want London to stand alongside Dubai and Kuala Lumpur as one of the great capitals of Islamic finance anywhere in the world.
David Cameron -
The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.
Walter Pater