Alice Dunbar Nelson Quotes
Every new fad or fashion at once has its denouncers from the pulpit, platform, professor's chair.Alice Dunbar Nelson
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
Dana Goodyear -
Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
J. A. Konrath -
If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
Yuna -
I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
Nadia Giosia -
When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
Jack Nicholson
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Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.
Ian Anderson -
Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
Edgar Wright -
My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
Kamala Harris -
History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
Tariq Ali -
When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
Maidie Norman -
You're always going to have terrorism.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.
Gary Lineker -
The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
Bayard Taylor -
There's a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done by trained chimpanzees, that geography screens out sensibility. There's an idea that all Los Angeles writing is about the movie industry, that it's vulgar, shallow and banal.
Kate Braverman -
I'm just waiting for the day when my songs aren't flying. Because I kind of believe in Murphy's law - if something can go wrong, it eventually will.
Zara Larsson -
There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.
D. B. Sweeney -
To me, romance and suspense go hand in hand. What's more suspenseful than wondering how two wonderful people can manage to get together in spite of the world going crazy around them?
Maggie Shayne
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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
Magnus Carlsen -
I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
Sam Claflin -
When you’re flying, the changing balance of lift and weight pulls you up or down. But another pair of forces pulls you forward or backward through the air: thrust and drag. Thrust is the power that pulls the kite forward—you run with it to get it up in the air. You have to have thrust to create lift. Drag is there because your kite’s surfaces push against the air and slow the kite down. Drag doesn’t pull you out of the sky; it makes you fly more slowly.
Elizabeth Wein -
Every new fad or fashion at once has its denouncers from the pulpit, platform, professor's chair.
Alice Dunbar Nelson