Harold Nicolson Quotes
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.Harold Nicolson
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
Wayne Newton -
In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
Adam McKay -
My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
Tawni O'Dell -
My father was a lawyer.
Pat Robertson -
I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
J. Cole -
The chief incalculable in war is the human will.
B. H. Liddell Hart
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
Tavis Smiley -
During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
Vidal Sassoon -
I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
Malin Akerman -
My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
Magic Johnson -
Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
Narendra Modi -
I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
Aaron Neville
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
Zach Galifianakis -
You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
Yaya Toure -
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
Karl Kraus -
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. Henry -
Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
Veerappa Moily -
Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.
Zoe Saldana
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The bottom of being is left logically opaque to us, a datum in the strict sense of the word, something we simply come upon and find, and about which (if we wish to act) we should pause and wonder as little as possible. In this confession lies the lasting truth of empiricism.
William James -
If you're throwing someone off a roof, you're throwing them off the roof. It's there. You don't have to do anything extra with that. The audience is obviously going to react to that because it's such a heightened thing to do. But in the other moments, you really look for ways to craft those, because they're more important, honestly.
Mahershala Ali -
I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.
Ariel Pink -
The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.
May Sarton -
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Harold Nicolson