M. C. Escher Quotes
At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.M. C. Escher
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Iris Murdoch -
I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
Harmony Korine -
The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
Wayne Rogers -
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson -
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
Gayle Forman -
When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
Rachel Brosnahan -
The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
Karen Fairchild Little Big Town -
Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
Laraine Day -
Managers are the most creative people in the world.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.
Natalie Dormer -
Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
Uta Hagen -
Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.
Karen Salmansohn -
Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.
Pat Buchanan -
I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.
Sam Altman -
Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.
R. A. Salvatore
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The reason I'm scared of flying is because I'm not in charge. Being so far out of control terrifies me.
Jack Garratt -
Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters US, let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth or under the earth which can deny that he has earned the right of citizenship in the United States.
Frederick Douglass -
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
Quincy Jones -
I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.
Jerry Lewis -
We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.
LL Cool J -
At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important.
M. C. Escher