Anita Silvey Quotes
But not all books must be universally approved or applauded to bring meaning; books are, ultimately, the most personal of media. They can be important to only one person or to only a few people, and yet because of that they still have tremendous influence.Anita Silvey
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I'm not Cinderella.
Valerie Trierweiler -
Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
Randy Neugebauer -
In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran -
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
Iris DeMent
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
Wendy Kopp -
Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
Hans Rosling -
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
Zaha Hadid -
I know how addictive videogames are - I have friends who can't get up off the couch because they're so hooked. They provide these different virtual worlds that you can live in.
Olga Kurylenko -
I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
Yvonne Strahovski -
The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
Jacki Weaver
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
Sam Rockwell -
I love Le'Veon Bell.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
Salman Rushdie -
I crave a cone of silence every once in while.
Laura Linney -
When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding.
Tammy Duckworth -
For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.
Patrick Ness
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I just want to be like other people that are normal.
Chris Burke -
My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.
Kate Voegele -
Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he's been taught—all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.
Jim Morrison The Doors -
Oh, my goodness, I am obsessed with Costco! We do runs at least twice a week. I love the salmon and rotisserie chicken, the dog beds.
Kris Jenner -
I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is.
Christopher Walken -
But not all books must be universally approved or applauded to bring meaning; books are, ultimately, the most personal of media. They can be important to only one person or to only a few people, and yet because of that they still have tremendous influence.
Anita Silvey