Anatoli Granovsky Quotes

No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant.

Anatoli Granovsky

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• Dreams
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• Illusions

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• Everything begins with an idea.

  

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• The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

  

  Quintilian
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• People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.

  

  Maisie Williams
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• I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • School
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• As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
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• A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

  

  Gary Neville
  • Me
  • Strength
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• Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Business
  • Career
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• I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Lost
  • Myself
  • Genius

• London is my home. I miss my family so much; it's hard being away. And I miss salt and vinegar crisps. And Marmite. And good fudge. Oh my God. Clotted cream fudge.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Good
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• The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.

  

  Abbey Lee Kershaw
  • Important
  • Change
  • Walk

• It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.

  

  Nate Lowman
  • People
  • Art
  • Interesting

• Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Fun
  • Discovery

• When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?

  

  Jackie Speier
  • People
  • Government
  • Serving

• Facebook and Instagram are spiritual brothers.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Spiritual
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• One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Feel
  • Hell
  • Walk

• I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • God
  • Think
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• It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.

  

  Gary David Goldberg
  • People
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• To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Thought
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  • Terror

• I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Player
  • TV
  • Sworn

• During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.

  

  Luanne Rice
  • Nature
  • High
  • Black

• Losing fights, or even winning fights, can be heartbreaking, and you can throw that away, but the truth is that it does make our lives better.

  

  Adam Duritz Matt Malley
  • Truth
  • Fights
  • Heartbreaking

• No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant.

  

  Anatoli Granovsky
  • Truth
  • Dreams
  • Pleasant