Fernando Pessoa Quotes

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

Fernando Pessoa

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• It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.

  

  Naveen Andrews
  • People
  • Writing
  • Color

• People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.

  

  Ursula Dubosarsky
  • People
  • Words
  • Language

• Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • Service
  • Intelligent
  • Choice

• If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Me
  • Friend
  • Cute

• If people think I look good, it's the make-up.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.

  

  Lars Ulrich Metallica
  • Music
  • Always
  • Hearts

• Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Life
  • World
  • Help

• The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
  • Friend
  • Trust
  • Dark

• When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Parents

• I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • God
  • Faith
  • Admitted

• I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Believe
  • Way
  • Doing

• All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Fear
  • Friend
  • Imagination

• I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Up
  • Job
  • Know

• I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes.

  

  Rain
  • Movies
  • Heroes
  • Dragon

• I learned music from a book on piano theory. I was only interested in knowing about chords. From that, and from the 'Harvard Dictionary of Music,' I learned everything I wanted to know.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • Music
  • Book
  • Know

• Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Music
  • Women
  • Performers

• I'm gonna pick up the pieces,and build a Lego house.When things go wrong we can knock it down.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Up
  • House

• I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.

  

  David Walliams
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Effort

• I think we understand what we're going up against when we go on the road. When we go on the road, it takes two times the concentration, two times more effort to win.

  

  Udonis Haslem
  • Effort
  • Road
  • Win

• Greed and desire Not peace, but fire Coveting creation Created damnation Pulled alongside A gate thrown too wide Now our home calls And darkness fall "I rubbed my temples, feeling a headache coming on."A for effort, ladies, but F for clarity. You do realise that your wierd poem things never explain anything".

  

  Kiersten White
  • Home
  • Fall
  • Effort

• Rose was sexy. It was my fantasy about her. She accomplished so much and came from so little in terms of a background that would have prepared her for the world, let alone the world of entertainment.

  

  Linda Lavin
  • World
  • She
  • Alone

• As an ex-stand up, I can tell you that a comedy club isn't a place you go looking to get the abuse you just can't seem to find in daily life. The stage is a performer's domain. You protect that domain. You are not on stage to take what's given just 'cause you're getting paid. If you are attacked, you retaliate.

  

  John Ridley
  • Life
  • Up
  • Comedy

• The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Effort