Bess Streeter Aldrich Quotes
Life was meant to be warm and happy and lovely. Life was meant to be a sweet unhampered thing, joyful and gay. It should have everything in it,--wealth and travel and happiness and a career and friends and Allen. And if it couldn't have them all . . . oh, it ought to have Allen. It ought, anyway, to have Allen.... It had been as though in that one brief bitter-sweet moment, she had been swept again into some haven, had become the center of some great plan.Bess Streeter Aldrich
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.
Ralph Baer -
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
Ursula Burns -
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
Queen Victoria
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
Hal Price -
I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
Taylor Sheridan -
It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They're the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community.
Omari Hardwick -
God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
Bailee Madison -
I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.
P. J. O'Rourke -
You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
Eddie Murphy
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln -
I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.
Taylor Momsen -
The man was either foolish or fearless. Assuming there was a difference.
Jack McDevitt -
I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.
Matt Bomer -
I wanted to be famous. It's embarrassing to admit, but I came out to L.A. thinking it would happen in no time. I thought, 'Once they see me, they'll be so glad I came.' I always had a ridiculous amount of self-confidence about what was going to happen to me.
Chelsea Handler -
There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation.
Paul Watson
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You know that old saying, 'A way to a man's heart is through his stomach' - that's me.
Blake Lively -
What is it about our society where anyone who does not have Asperger's gets talked out of their heterodox ideas?
Peter Thiel -
Working with special needs children is hard.
Laura Linney -
I think it's become an economic necessity for people to be able to learn and grow throughout their lives, because most people can't get through their entire career with one skill set. We have to keep reinventing ourselves.
Chesley Sullenberger -
Life was meant to be warm and happy and lovely. Life was meant to be a sweet unhampered thing, joyful and gay. It should have everything in it,--wealth and travel and happiness and a career and friends and Allen. And if it couldn't have them all . . . oh, it ought to have Allen. It ought, anyway, to have Allen.... It had been as though in that one brief bitter-sweet moment, she had been swept again into some haven, had become the center of some great plan.
Bess Streeter Aldrich