Wang Anshi Quotes
Sprigs of plum by the corner of the wall Are blooming alone in the cold; If not for the subtle fragrance drifting over Who could tell this from snow on the boughs.Wang Anshi
Quotes to Explore
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
Edmund White -
There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
Samuel Butler -
I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'
Hannibal Buress -
There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
Dana Carvey -
Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
Yuna -
I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
Ian Somerhalder
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Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.
Larry David -
Baby why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go; I was counting on forever, now I'll never know.
Carrie Underwood -
What is the question now placed before society with the glib assurance the most astounding? That question is this—Is man an ape or an angel? My lord, I am on the side of the angels.
Benjamin Disraeli -
I cut my hair myself and colour it. I know everybody in the hairdressing business despairs of me, but it's so much easier to do it yourself.
Joanna Lumley -
Political parties need to look at the different kinds of support that people may need, suited to their way of life, and provide cost-effective solutions.
Charles Kennedy -
The secret to adulthood is that 99% of the time, you actually know the right thing to do. Adults make it hard when they are deciding whether to do the right thing.
Jason Kander
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I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
Charles M. Blow -
I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.
Jeanne Moreau -
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
Joel A. Barker -
Women didn't want to be on the stage with other women because they didn't want their bodies to be compared. They didn't want another female act opening for them because of this weird competitive and tokenistic attitude.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
Last came, and last did go,The Pilot of the Galilean lake;Two massy keys he bore of metals twain,(The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).
John Milton -
Old man take a look at my lifeI'm a lot like you.I need someone to love meThe whole day through.Ah, one look in my eyesAnd you can tell that's true.
Neil Young Buffalo Springfield
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
T Bone Burnett -
Here I am on the shore of Brittany. Let the cities light up in the evening. My day is done. I am leaving Europe. The sea air will burn my lungs. Lost climates will tan me. I will swim, trample the grass, hung, and smoke especially. I will drink alcohol as strong as boiling metal--just as my dear ancestors did around their fires.
Arthur Rimbaud -
You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street.
Bud Selig -
Sprigs of plum by the corner of the wall Are blooming alone in the cold; If not for the subtle fragrance drifting over Who could tell this from snow on the boughs.
Wang Anshi