Eric Partridge Quotes
When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play with crossed hands: many of us, when we are older, regard it as a proof of literary skill, maturity, even of sophistication: and many, whether young, not so young, or old, employ it gauchely, haphazardly or, at best, inconsistently.Eric Partridge
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I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth. Later it became clear to me that I was retreading ground by fighting the literary battles of the 1950s and 1960s, and that I was actually a bit bored by some of the books I professed to love.
Hari Kunzru -
I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
Patrick Chan -
I want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.
Naftali Bennett -
Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
Gary Bauer -
The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.
Jackie Chan
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My first day of high school, I wore brown boys' corduroys that my mom had sewn Sesame Street elastic into - they were my coolest pants - and a lime green Patagonia fleece that my mom found at Goodwill. I loved fleece.
Cameron Russell -
Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
Queen Christina -
Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.
Quinton Aaron -
Could it think, the heart would stop beating.
Fernando Pessoa -
Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday.
Wayne Brady -
I've done it all.
Barbara Bush
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Everything I publish is for my readers.
Felix Dennis -
I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
Daniel Craig -
Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.
Carole King -
I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
Alicia Keys -
O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.
Rabia Basri
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Get a good jean, a good tee, a good whatever because you can just switch that stuff up and you have like 8,000 different outfits with a few things.
Zendaya -
Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?
Alice Liddell -
The trend is your friend except at the end where it bends.
Ed Seykota -
When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play with crossed hands: many of us, when we are older, regard it as a proof of literary skill, maturity, even of sophistication: and many, whether young, not so young, or old, employ it gauchely, haphazardly or, at best, inconsistently.
Eric Partridge