Richard Preston Quotes
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Readers want to see, hear, feel, smell the action of your story, even if that action is just two people having a quiet conversation.
Nancy Kress -
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
Patricia McBride -
I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
Danica Patrick -
I was approached to do something for seven years, and it was a quality project. I did seriously think about it, but I didn't want to be away for six months of the year. I've never done the L.A. thing where you go and have loads of meetings; I can't say to my wife, 'I'm going to wait by a pool for six months.'
Eddie Marsan -
My personal life is also cinema.
Hansika Motwani
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My coaching days are now over, and I'm proud of what I've achieved.
Ottmar Hitzfeld -
Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it.
Florence Nightingale -
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
Oscar Wilde -
I'm gonna tell you something right now, Indian people in the United States are the hardest working people I've ever seen, and that's coming from a Mexican, okay?
Gabriel Iglesias -
Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it
Larry Page -
Beauty will snatch us by the heart and love us until we are raw with understanding.
Aberjhani
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
Oliver Goldsmith -
The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality.
Joe Murray -
While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.
Chaka Fattah -
I definitely want to go against the grain - break those rules and create clothing that is fun for women and shows their personality and just enjoy wearing it and being fashion-forward.
Ashley Nell Tipton -
I love myself a truffle. I can put a truffle in anything and make it good.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan -
People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.
Leandra Medine
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
Wendell Berry -
The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.
Pat Paulsen -
Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.
Dante Alighieri -
I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
Wale -
AIDS is the revenge of the rain forest.
Richard Preston