Elaine de Kooning Quotes
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
Karl Marlantes -
From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
Frances O'Grady -
My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
Gabby Douglas -
Most women find a man with good manners sexy.
Candice Swanepoel -
Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
Jack Schwartz -
I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
Rafael dos Anjos
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Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
Salman Rushdie -
I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
Laura Bell Bundy -
Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
Kate McKinnon -
The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.
D. H. Lawrence -
I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.
Maggie Stiefvater -
I bat righty.
D. B. Sweeney
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It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother took me on walks and showed me birds and plants. She also took me out at night and showed me the constellations and the aurora.
Nancy Roman -
We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.
Jack Layton -
I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.
Doris Day -
The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.
Edward McKendree Bounds -
Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.
Christoph Martin Wieland -
In this whole digital age, where everything is so exposed, rather than trying to keep something private, you try to get out ahead of the curve and limit the amount of gossip.
Michael Douglas
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It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
Salman Rushdie -
I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.
Dave Grohl Nirvana -
Before, models had that rock star life and it was all about going to the parties and having that glamorous life, and I think these days, models are more like businesswomen and the whole industry takes it really serious.
Alessandra Ambrosio -
You don't have as much time as you think you do. You got to operate like there's a sense of urgency!
Eric Thomas -
Artists are like cockroaches; everything is grist for the mill.
Elaine de Kooning