Edmund White Quotes

The school was nothing but reminiscence - of an Italian hill town, a French abbey, an English academy, the different sources improbably but convincingly melded into a fantasy about the classic sites of Europe as imagined by exiles from cold peripheral lands, nostalgia about somebody else's past.

Edmund White

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• Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

  

  Carl Reiner
  • People
  • Know
  • Laugh

• In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Society
  • Respect
  • End

• The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

  

  Yehuda Amichai
  • Reason
  • Poet
  • Himself

• I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.

  

  Karen McCarthy
  • Best
  • Made
  • Did

• Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • Time
  • Fun

• The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Time
  • Friends
  • Thought

• I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.

  

  Barry Bostwick
  • Chance
  • Production
  • Number

• I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • Power
  • Enjoy
  • Shows

• Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Music
  • Look
  • Fans

• We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.

  

  Gale Norton
  • Country
  • Power
  • Energy

• Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Up
  • Family
  • Money

• I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.

  

  Dana Plato
  • You
  • Working
  • Pleasure

• In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.

  

  Pat Boone
  • People
  • Done
  • Party

• To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • Life
  • Success
  • Man

• The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Literature
  • Try

• I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.

  

  Wally George
  • Different
  • Business
  • Kids

• If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Remember
  • High
  • Want

• Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Work
  • Responsibility
  • Waiting

• I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

  

  Jay Roach

• Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.

  

  Hannah Storm
  • Time
  • Work
  • Long

• The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Different
  • Only
  • Religions

• Speaking and writing English perfectly should not be a privilege. To those who try to politicize this matter, I tell them now, do not mess with the future of our children.

  

  Luis Fortuno
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Future

• Even before IIT, I always had an inclination to do something, even when I was in school.

  

  Bhavish Aggarwal
  • School

• The school was nothing but reminiscence - of an Italian hill town, a French abbey, an English academy, the different sources improbably but convincingly melded into a fantasy about the classic sites of Europe as imagined by exiles from cold peripheral lands, nostalgia about somebody else's past.

  

  Edmund White
  • Different
  • School
  • Past