William Lyon Phelps Quotes
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
Damon Galgut -
I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
Barbra Streisand -
I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
Os Guinness -
I never allow myself to be pressured.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
Oscar Robertson -
The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
Zora Neale Hurston
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The ironic thing is I took Kole from a family name - we had a vote and they had a few names, but Kole won - and getting it spelled with a 'K' is a constant correction, too. I'll never not be Warren Blosjo; it's just my stage name.
Warren Kole -
Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
Larry Wilmore -
Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
Pablo Sandoval -
Experts are able to identify patterns related to a specific problem relevant to their area of knowledge. But because nonexperts lack that base of knowledge, they are forced to rely more on their brain's ability for abstraction rather than specificity.
Naveen Jain -
To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
Nancy Grace
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Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!
Zayn Malik One Direction -
Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
Bashar al-Assad -
We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
Barbara Boxer -
I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.
Maj Sjowall -
Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
T. J. Miller -
Large organizations don't worship shareholders or customers, they worship the past. If it were otherwise, it wouldn't take a crisis to set a company on a new path.
Gary Hamel
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This is all strictly against regulations, of course, and Marie-Claude should never have asked you in. And naturally, I should have turned you out the second I knew you were here. But Marie-Claude doesn't care much for their regulations these days, and I must say, neither do I.
Kazuo Ishiguro -
Isn't she lovely made from love?
Stevie Wonder -
My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.
Warren Beatty -
The idea that we're somehow centrally important to the planet's existence is pretty comical - although I'd like us to be.
Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band -
My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on.
Jonathan Brandis -
A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
William Lyon Phelps