Cecilia Dart-Thornton Quotes

she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but his ardour was all the more evident for the reins with which he restrained it, the mask of steel behind which he imprisoned it, his detached demeanour and deliberate gestures that, far from parading a lack of interest, displayed the strength of his self-discipline, that he could so tightly curb the intensity of his passion.

Cecilia Dart-Thornton

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• The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

  

  Orson Pratt
  • World
  • God
  • Power

• I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.

  

  Dana Perino
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Up
  • Die
  • Car

• I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Up
  • Time
  • Myself

• Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • History
  • Celebrity
  • Brand

• I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with.

  

  Candace Kita
  • Friends
  • College
  • Wish

• The first view of the Earth is magical. It is a very overpowering realization that the Earth is so small. It affected me. I could not get over the notion that in such a small planet, with such a small ribbon of life, so much goes on. It is as if the whole place is sacred.

  

  Kalpana Chawla
  • Life
  • Earth
  • Small

• In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'

  

  Jack Ma
  • Up
  • Trying
  • Money

• I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • May
  • Think
  • Enjoy

• 'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other 'comedies' that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.

  

  B. J. Novak
  • Real
  • Comedy
  • Air

• I worked with people like Edward Snowden. Well, not people who took stuff home.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • People
  • Home
  • Well

• Fish cakes are perceived as being quite British, and they're always a bit brown and a little dull.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Always
  • Fish
  • Brown

• All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

  

  David Suzuki
  • Great

• I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid.

  

  Prince Andrew

• I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.

  

  Jewel Kilcher
  • Homeless

• The only thing that seemed to me I could do in such a way that no one else could was acting. I thought, I can be a doctor, but there's going to be someone else who is just as good or better. I can be a lawyer, which I still sometimes think I would love to be, but I think there's someone who can do it just as good or better.

  

  Marcia Gay Harden
  • Good
  • Lawyer

• When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all that out in one fell swoop sometimes.

  

  Dave Eggers

• actuaries are people who wanted to be accountants but didn't have the personality.

  

  Kaz Cooke
  • People
  • Personality
  • Wanted

• If your goal is to write a book for publication, rule number one is that no one ever finished a book without sitting down and getting started. Few authors get published without engaging in the daily discipline of writing, even if some days that means staring down a blank notebook or computer screen and drooling into your bag of pork rinds.

  

  Sam Barry
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Goal

• Music is my ultimate passion in life.

  

  Selah Louise Marley
  • Music
  • Passion

• Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

  

  Neil Simon
  • Passion
  • Talent
  • Succeed

• Poor Gauguin, 'way off there on his island! I'll wager he spends most of his time thinking of Rue Lafitte. I advised him to go to New Orleans, but he decided it was too civilized. He had to have people around him with flowers on their heads and rings in their noses before he could feel at home. Now if I should leave my house for more than two days...

  

  Edgar Degas
  • People
  • Time
  • Thinking

• she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but his ardour was all the more evident for the reins with which he restrained it, the mask of steel behind which he imprisoned it, his detached demeanour and deliberate gestures that, far from parading a lack of interest, displayed the strength of his self-discipline, that he could so tightly curb the intensity of his passion.

  

  Cecilia Dart-Thornton
  • Passion
  • Discipline
  • Interest