Irving Howe Quotes
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
Karin Slaughter -
We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
Edgardo Osorio -
I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
Maddie Ziegler -
Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
Oleg Cassini -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.
Wallace Stevens
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
Oliver North -
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
Larry King -
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
Indira Gandhi -
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
Ovid -
I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
Ice Cube
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.
Natasha Bedingfield -
I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
Adam McKay -
Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
Pat Summitt -
William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
Patrick Stewart -
You know how you put peanut butter on a piece of bread and the bread falls - it never falls on the bread side down, it always falls peanut butter side down. That's because of gravity.
J. B. Smoove
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I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.
Joel Edgerton -
As both a local resident and a parent with a CF-afflicted child, I'm thankful for companies like Canon, Chase and Outback who believe that giving back to the community is critical to their role as corporate citizens.
Boomer Esiason -
In the neighborhood where my studio is, in South Central Los Angeles, there are a lot of immigrant-owned businesses. I'm constantly amazed at the level of work they do. It's above anything. For me, I think I pattern myself on that work ethic.
Mark Bradford -
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Maya Angelou -
My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway.
Jeffrey Skoll -
Good readers make much out of little.
Irving Howe