William Zinsser Quotes
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
Karen Allen -
Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
Viggo Mortensen -
If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
Ma Jun -
With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
Eden Hazard -
We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.
Iris Chang -
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
Samuel Butler
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I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.
Gary Numan -
Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.
Ice Cube -
When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
Hannah Kearney -
Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why the aesthetic critic can understand it.
Oscar Wilde -
I have a thick skin, but I have a heart.
Dan Savage -
I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.
Karlie Kloss
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I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.
Sam Worthington -
Architects, sculptors painters, we all must return to the crafts! For art is not a 'profession.' There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman. The artist is an exalted craftsman.
Walter Gropius -
My eighth-grade year, I was home-schooled. I'd basically wake up, go to the gym in the morning, do a little bit of school, go to practice, do a little more school, then go back to practice. My mom had a crockpot and a mini traveling oven, so we'd be cooking and eating dinners at the gym.
Jacob Dalton -
You cannot be both unhappy and fully present in the Now.
Eckhart Tolle -
Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.
Edward Albee -
Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.
Albert Camus
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I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.
Matt Bomer -
Sport allows people to come together, but politics divides people.
Francois Hollande -
The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'
Jeremy Bentham -
Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
Donald Rumsfeld -
The passion you forbade my lips to utter Will not be silenced. You must hear it in The sullen thunders when they roll and mutter: And when the tempest nears, with wail and din, I know your calm forgetfulness is broken, And to your heart you whisper, "He has spoken."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
People read with their ears, whether they know it or not.
William Zinsser