Alisa Valdes Quotes
There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment.Alisa Valdes
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi -
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
Vanna Bonta -
People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
Macaulay Culkin -
I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
Camille Claudel -
While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
Barry Silbert -
We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
Pat Gillick
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.
Dalia Mogahed -
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
Oliver Goldsmith -
I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
Maggie Smith -
I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh -
The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
Karl Schroeder -
It was a carefree period and we took to it like genuine lowlife.
Ralph Steadman
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That's when you know you're the greatest: when you're the greatest, and people still put odds against you.
DJ Khaled -
I was about 15 years old, and I needed a job, and somebody I know - I don't even know who it was - said that there was a television show that needed a presenter and that I should go and audition for it, so I did. That was a show called 'The Word,' and I got that job.
Amanda de Cadenet -
I was a class clown, but I'm not a bully.
Kevin Dillon -
America's military allow the rest of us to do what we do.
Chris Stapleton -
My character is just an extension of me. The in-ring work, the things that will always be said about me: Big, overbearing, powerful, in-your-face, couldn't wrestle - I never needed to wrestle. Why did I need to learn how to wrestle? Did Hulk Hogan need to learn how to wrestle? Nope. Is Hulk Hogan a good athlete? Nope.
Bill Goldberg -
I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.
Lilly Singh
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Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
In fact, quite a lot of what I do has to do with sound texture, and, you can't notate that. You can't notate the sound of "St. Elmo's Fire." There's no way of writing that down. That's because musical notation arose at a time when sound textures were limited. If you said violins and woodwind that defined the sound texture; if I say synthesizer and guitar it means nothing - you're talking about 28,000 variables.
Brian Eno Roxy Music -
My brother is really, really slow.
Usain Bolt -
Digital is my safety net. I know how to use it, how to operate those cameras; it makes sense to me. Film is much more mysterious.
David Lowery Camper Van Beethoven -
If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
Fedor Emelianenko -
There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment.
Alisa Valdes