Cressida Cowell Quotes
History is a ghost story. My own childhood has passed into history, and the ghosts I find there are the ghosts of Heroes and dragons and Berserks and witches, and it has become fashionable not to believe in these things anymore. But I believe, for I was there.Cressida Cowell
Quotes to Explore
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
Karrie Webb -
I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
A. Philip Randolph -
I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
Pat Roberts -
Nothing ruins your day more than getting a bad review.
Taylor Swift -
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
Imogen Cunningham -
I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
Olivia Williams
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
Viggo Mortensen -
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
Daniel Boone -
When clients come to my design agency and say 'I want to be the Apple of this or that,' we say 'Okay, are you ready to be the Steve Jobs?' Few are up to the task.
Yves Behar -
The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
Zane Grey -
I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.
Katarina Witt -
An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference - a censorship more effective than the Ecclesiastical Index.
Octavio Paz
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When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Gao Xingjian -
Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
Vanessa Paradis -
I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.
Kate Moss -
I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
Patricia Riggen -
Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims.
Felipe VI of Spain -
A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.
Ted Ligety
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A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
Pat Metheny -
I like happy things, I'm really calm and peaceful. I like birds, bees, I like people. I like funny things that make me happy and gleeful... like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school!
Eminem -
I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.
Sam Hunt -
I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn't understand. That was very hard.
Mariel Hemingway -
People don't realize enough how important and influentical John Carpenter has been in electronic music. He did his soundtracks by himself, using mostly electronic and analog synthesizers. He's a cult figure with DJs these days for good reasons.
Jean-Michel Jarre -
History is a ghost story. My own childhood has passed into history, and the ghosts I find there are the ghosts of Heroes and dragons and Berserks and witches, and it has become fashionable not to believe in these things anymore. But I believe, for I was there.
Cressida Cowell