Charles Simonds Quotes
There was never much question as to what I was going to do in life, because working with clay was what I could do . . . there are things I watch my hand do that are almost thoughtless. I can remember the moment of learning them. It is knowledge you have in the hand.Charles Simonds
Quotes to Explore
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Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal - especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business.
Warren Bennis -
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
Federica Montseny -
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust -
I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
Adam Beach -
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
Aaron Sorkin
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I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.
Kat Graham -
I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
Canelo Alvarez -
To be here recovers from a state of soul, from a state of mind. I have the memory of the heart. I know what I received. I must have the will to give back to others.
Jacky Ickx -
I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
Damien Chazelle -
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Baltasar Gracian -
Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask into your bedroom have to be more interesting than those you ask into your living room. I kid you not!
Jack Paar
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
Fundamentally, we have broken our aerospace business into three parts - large parts which go into the wings and fuselage, components for jet engines, and specialised structural components for landing gear.
Baba Kalyani -
I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.
Dan Brown -
Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.
Youssou N'Dour -
Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena. … But when they come to the aesthetics of their work, when they aim at a particular effect on the mind or on the senses, the rules dissolve into nothing but vague ideas.
Carl von Clausewitz -
There is no nature which is inferior to art, the arts imitate the nature of things.
Marcus Aurelius
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Lobby for Decency Declares Brain an Erogenous Zone, Demands Mandatory Hatting.
Pat Cadigan -
Through its support of mass immigration, its paralysis in power to prevent 12-20 million illegal aliens from entering and staying, its failure to address the 'anchor-baby' issue, the Republican Party has birthed a new electorate that will send it the way of the Whigs.
Pat Buchanan -
When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant.
John Phillips Marquand -
In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends.
Euripides -
My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.
Satyajit Ray -
There was never much question as to what I was going to do in life, because working with clay was what I could do . . . there are things I watch my hand do that are almost thoughtless. I can remember the moment of learning them. It is knowledge you have in the hand.
Charles Simonds