Christina Stead Quotes
No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.Christina Stead
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson -
Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
J. A. Konrath -
I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
Maceo Parker -
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
Tecumseh -
I definitely like wearing leotards.
Maddie Ziegler -
Failure is a part of success.
Hank Aaron
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When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves.
Ira Glass -
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.
Harriet Tubman -
I got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing. And it was so secretive I couldn't even tell BBC reception where I was going, had to pretend it was for something called Panic Moon, which is an anagram of companion.
Karen Gillan -
When he died I had a moment of grief that lasted about five minutes. It was very intense, then never again. Not because I forced myself, but I think it was because he caused us too much pain.
Nastassja Kinski -
A crowd of ordinary decent folk Watched from without and neither moved nor spoke As three pale figures were led forth and bound To three posts driven upright in the ground.
W. H. Auden -
Jung fiercely resented the implication that he was a hypocritical, self-seeking Judas, a 'rat'. Yet there was just enough truth in it to strike home. He was undoubtedly a man who liked his own way, no matter what the cost to others.
Colin Wilson
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They should probably have a James Brown aerobic tape. You would lose a lot of weight.
Chadwick Boseman -
I remember one of the first albums I got was an album called 'Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous.'
Andrew Hozier-Byrne -
Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III -
Just knowing how the body works and being athletic means it's easier to stay athletic while working a different job.
Elsa Hosk -
Keep your eyes peeled: Honor's the label to watch. It's quickly becoming a serious celebrity favorite - just ask fans Kirsten Dunst and Kelly Osbourne.
Brad Goreski -
I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.
Kevin Systrom
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It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.
Lawrence Bender -
Well, you know, it's a younger person, and it was maybe an effort to be a little more sincere and adult about the lyrics occasionally, which is a good thing. It's nice that it's not too self-conscious like some of our lyrics could be.
Stephen Malkmus Pavement -
No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
Robert Frost -
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Abraham Lincoln -
No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.
Christina Stead