A. R. Ammons Quotes
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
Wallace Shawn -
Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
Tahl Raz -
I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
Oren Peli -
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
Jack Black -
I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
Damien Chazelle
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
Oscar Isaac -
I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
Orson Pratt -
Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
Sam Brownback -
That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
Samuel Johnson -
I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
Natalie Martinez -
Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
Daniel Craig
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
Zane Grey -
Tenderness is a virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith -
I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
Edgar Winter -
No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white.
Valerie Simpson
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I remember from my earliest years people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a way that was different in Indian country than it was other places. And I was really struck by this and obviously very affected by it, because it's always come out in my songs.
Robbie Robertson -
I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
Vera Wang -
There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.
Harri Holkeri -
Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
A. R. Ammons