Elizabeth Knox Quotes
I have no particular plan in life - and that's something I rather like. Most things that people do seem to me to be rather dull and silly. In my ideal life I'd be left alone to readElizabeth Knox
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
Orlando Bloom -
After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
Lara Logan -
I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
Lady Gaga -
In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do.
Earl Warren -
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.
Caio Fonseca -
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
Karen Armstrong
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I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president.
Gary Johnson -
What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.
Damon Albarn Gorillaz -
If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.
Nathan Wolfe -
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.
Zarin Mehta -
In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything.
Harold Brodkey
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As a leader, I believe it's important to have an open door with your staff. Those who want to learn and to grow in their careers will walk through that door and into your life. I encourage people to come and seek me out at 'Frontline' with good ideas, curiosity, and drive.
Raney Aronson-Rath -
I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.
Felicity Kendal -
I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
Sam Neill -
Sharing instructions about how to perform better for others is very different than sharing feelings about life experiences that make us happy or sad.
Warren Farrell -
I am very happy with what I see. The grey, the not-so grey and the camouflaged That's life. One has to live with it.
Amitabh Bachchan -
When you look at the truck market in North America, you have to understand the customer, and that's one of the things I think General Motors does really well. There's a big population that buys our trucks. It's their life - or it's their livelihood. Not their lifestyle, their livelihood. It's a work truck.
Mary Barra
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When you go to the movies with your whole family, it's a different experience. For some reason, it's something that you're all doing together and you take away something special in that.
Vin Diesel -
This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down.
R.K. Narayan -
Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.
Jonathan Anderson -
I'm not jumping on the Andy Johnson for England bandwagon - I'm driving it!
Iain Dowie -
I have no particular plan in life - and that's something I rather like. Most things that people do seem to me to be rather dull and silly. In my ideal life I'd be left alone to read
Elizabeth Knox