William Styron Quotes
[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable social and family situations. There he must ... present a face approximating the one associated with ordinary events and companionship. He must try to utter small talk and be responsive to questions, and knowingly nod, and frown and, God help him, even smile.
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
Irvine Welsh
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
Bainbridge Colby
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
Nathan Fillion
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
Oscar Isaac
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
Rachael Taylor
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
Quavo Migos
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I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
Lake Bell
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
M. J. Rose
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
Walter Isaacson
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
Ian MacKaye
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
Walker Stapleton
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate
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I guess you kind of got to realize that once you in a marriage, whatever it is, you gotta deal with it. Not necessarily that you got to accept it, but you have to deal with it and try your best to make it work for you, for the both of you.
Faith Evans
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My passion is to create a better society for our future citizens.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
Gail Sheehy
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I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.
Zach Gilford
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The fashion industry really welcomed me with open arms and open hearts. They've been very accepting of my faith. I have strict wardrobe requirements, and that's something they've upheld.
Halima Aden
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My eventual goal is to win a championship. And before I retire, I just want to win a championship. That's it.
Kyrie Irving
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The least degree of heat, as long as it is slightly higher than boiling water, suffices for uniting oxygen and hydrogen and carbon and for forming oil and water.
Antoine Lavoisier
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Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego.
Albert Einstein
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I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)
Sara Gruen
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I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.
Mark Spitz -
[However], the sufferer from depression has no option, and therefore finds himself, like a walking casualty of war, thrust into the most intolerable social and family situations. There he must ... present a face approximating the one associated with ordinary events and companionship. He must try to utter small talk and be responsive to questions, and knowingly nod, and frown and, God help him, even smile.
William Styron