Cornelia Meigs Quotes
War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer.Cornelia Meigs
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
Valerie Plame -
I don't deal with the whole 'bad boy who doesn't call you.' That doesn't interest me at all, and I just look the other way.
Mackenzie Rosman -
I think I'm very old-fashioned.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
I always like to sing barefoot.
Idina Menzel -
I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
Larry Wilmore -
Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most successful franchise of its kind.
Dan Rosensweig
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
Ram Charan -
I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
Kate Beckinsale -
When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally.
Abhishek Bachchan -
At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted, full of unexpected twists and turns - not a cold and bullying prison - it's a place of infinite jest.
Ilan Stavans -
I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
Bainbridge Colby -
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
Francesco Guicciardini
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
Samaire Armstrong -
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such.
Dan Stevens -
From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate.
Malcolm Gladwell -
You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
Calvin Johnson -
You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
My wife used to tell me one of my best qualities was that my feet don't smell, but I remember my brother's did when we were kids.
Jack Prelutsky
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They can put me in a jungle. Still, I can create.
M. F. Husain -
When people, some of them very intellectual, claim that evolution is not true, I get a little nervous.
Bill Nye -
When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
Manika -
The great object is that every man be armed.
Patrick Henry -
O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
Abu Bakr -
War seems a perfectly impossible thing, even when it can be seen coming nearer and nearer.
Cornelia Meigs