Vernon Lee Quotes
There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.Vernon Lee
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
Eddie Izzard -
I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
Zachary Quinto -
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
Carl Hagelin -
I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
Rainbow Rowell -
There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
Ram Shriram -
I think I need security.
Zoe Sugg
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
Maajid Nawaz -
How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.
Barry Schwartz -
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
Langston Hughes -
I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
Lady Gaga -
Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
Yaya Toure
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
Rand Paul -
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto -
I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
Magic Johnson -
Everyone should be good at what they do.
Ian Hart -
There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.
Major Taylor -
I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
Verne Troyer
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I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.
Lamar Alexander -
Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.
Douglas Leone -
Put aside whatever suspicions you may have about whether Donald Trump will be directly implicated in the Russia investigation. Trump is right now, before our eyes and those of the world, committing an unbelievable and unforgivable crime against this country. It is his failure to defend.
Charles M. Blow -
The hoax is the very absence of truth, which usually means art is absent, too - hoaxes regularly substitute claims of reality for imagination, facts for form, acting as if artifice is the antithesis of art.
Kevin Young -
'Game of Thrones' is great. Love it.
Jesse Metcalfe -
There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.
Vernon Lee