Kate Williams Quotes
British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, however much we tried to sell them woolen clothes or cutlery.Kate Williams
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
F. Murray Abraham -
The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray.
Hank Johnson -
The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
I've found that musical theater is my passion.
Samantha Barks -
I do hold very strongly that tea is better in England. There's something in the milk. They must have special cows.
Gail Carriger -
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
G. M. Trevelyan
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Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
Olly Murs -
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
Baruch Spinoza -
I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.
Nate Berkus -
If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
Randy West -
By nature, men desire the beautiful.
Saint Basil -
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.
Lafcadio Hearn
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I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
Gad Elmaleh -
I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
Valentino Rossi -
I would definitely trade clothes with Lucy Hale. Her fashion sense is right on point, and I feel like she's never afraid to take risks with her clothes.
Olivia Holt -
Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.
Sam Jaeger -
I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.
Im Dong-Hyun -
I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book. Actually, I always wanted to be in a comic book. I watched cartoons when I was a kid, too, and both comics and cartoons lit fire in my imagination. This realm holds a lot of interest for me, a lot of passion for me. So to be comic-ized, yeah, that's cool.
Nathan Fillion
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In every living thing there is the desire for love.
D. H. Lawrence -
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.
Pat Morita -
Music's golden tongueFlatter'd to tears this aged man and poor.
John Keats -
Before I was a genius I was a drudge.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski -
British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, however much we tried to sell them woolen clothes or cutlery.
Kate Williams