Irene Dunne Quotes

Parading about in the latest gowns and making dull platitudes for an entire evening doesn't constitute social success in my book.

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• The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • People
  • Actions
  • Active

• Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Society
  • Fashion
  • Reflection

• Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Why
  • Political
  • Science

• I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Think
  • Always
  • Very

• The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'

  

  Karen Gillan
  • People
  • God
  • Think

• I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Career
  • Man
  • Amazing

• Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

  

  Danai Gurira
  • Book
  • Day
  • Back

• Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.

  

  Edi Rama
  • Freedom
  • Law
  • Stop

• It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'

  

  M. Ward
  • Fun
  • Song
  • Me

• I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Walking
  • Creative
  • Process

• The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Music
  • American
  • Parents

• We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • World
  • Money
  • Success

• I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Feel
  • Kid
  • Relaxed

• To be a more efficient, faster, and cheaper way to send money around the world, you have to be able to get in and out of Bitcoin. You need to have a liquid exchange on either end of the corridor.

  

  Barry Silbert
  • World
  • Money
  • End

• If you're biking more and walking more, you're going to be happier and healthier. And you'll probably feel better if you take out less garbage, as most of us feel pretty crappy about that. But I don't think we can mistake those acts for doing what it takes to address a crisis at a global level.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Mistake

• If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

  

  Parker Stevenson
  • Work
  • Acting
  • Doing

• The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.

  

  Adam Osborne
  • People
  • Future
  • Lies

• The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Good
  • Always
  • Human

• On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Great
  • Money
  • Win

• Clark Gregg is so cool. He's a pretty cool cat. People are drawn to him.

  

  Maurissa Tancharoen
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Cool

• Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, 'Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.'

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Book
  • Laugh
  • Read

• I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being intensely interrogated by journalists in Denmark or wherever. That fact, I believe, informs the way I write - with those Danish journalists leaning over my shoulder.

  

  Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Believe
  • Book
  • Words

• Parading about in the latest gowns and making dull platitudes for an entire evening doesn't constitute social success in my book.

  

  Irene Dunne
  • Book
  • Success