Frances Farmer Quotes

I do not know Tyrone Power. I fucked him a lot, but I do not know him. Gentlemen, this meeting is over.

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• The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Religion
  • Idea
  • Scripture

• When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!

  

  Ian Beattie
  • Friends
  • Father
  • Dream

• We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • People
  • Hurt
  • Fight

• There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Myself
  • Learn
  • Criticism

• When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Work
  • Done

• One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Up
  • Work
  • Know

• Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Change
  • Opportunities

• Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.

  

  Madeline Zima
  • Balance
  • Makeup
  • Outfit

• I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.

  

  Jack Wild
  • Up
  • Same
  • Roots

• Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.

  

  Ralph Merkle
  • Important
  • Space
  • Computers

• There is no ethnic cleansing in Bahrain, no mass genocide, no policy of killing innocent people.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Innocent
  • Policy

• I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • You
  • Purpose
  • Hustler

• Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Love
  • Home
  • For Her

• I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Time
  • Feeling

• Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Fun
  • Violence
  • Things

• True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Life
  • True
  • Direction

• You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Choices
  • Greatest

• One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Up
  • Age
  • Giving

• I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk.

  

  John Lescroart
  • Music
  • Country
  • Band

• The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Power
  • Wisdom
  • Successful

• Words have power. Words created this universe... Everything started with the Word. The Bible says, 'In the beginning was the word.' In the same way, your words have creative power.

  

  Bo Sanchez
  • Power
  • Words
  • Universe

• Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

  

  Alan Ladd
  • Power

• I don't believe in putting in music as a band aid to get you over some rough parts or bad film making. If it's there it's got to add to it or take it to another level.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Music
  • Believe
  • Bad

• I do not know Tyrone Power. I fucked him a lot, but I do not know him. Gentlemen, this meeting is over.

  

  Frances Farmer
  • Power