Samuel Barnett Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
Larry Wilmore -
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
People take things so seriously.
Dana Ashbrook -
The ox suffers, the cart complains.
Victor Hugo -
I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
K. A. Applegate -
I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
Tanit Phoenix
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
Rachel Gibson -
The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
Rachel Kushner -
Reverence is fatal to literature.
E. M. Forster -
The crown of literature is poetry.
W. Somerset Maugham -
To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
Jack Kemp -
I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
Waris Ahluwalia
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
Harlan Coben -
My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
Kate Winslet -
You can bend, but never break. Stay Unbreakable!
Rachele Brooke Smith -
There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
Zygmunt Bauman -
I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
Ice T -
When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
Imre Kertesz
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Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.
Mark Romanek -
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
Cathy Guisewite -
We're not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and Michael Jacksons of the world, but rather assisting infertile couples that deserve the right to have a biological child to have one.
Panayiotis Zavos -
I think that the best hope for peace and prosperity in the world is greater cooperation among nations, which in turn will be produced if both our governments and the people of our countries travel more and get to know each other better.
David Rockefeller -
The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
Gail O'Grady -
I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
Samuel Barnett