Evalyn Walsh McLean Quotes
[On her morphine addiction:] I was meant to 'taper off.' At times I felt such pains as must afflict a creature while a bigger beast eats and claws at its middle. God-awful things were hiding underneath my bed, and it was no use telling me they were not there - I knew they were, and felt their dreadful ever-changing shapes.Evalyn Walsh McLean
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
Baz Luhrmann -
Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.
Karen Kain -
In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
M.I.A. -
I really hate to write.
Jack Kerouac -
People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
Randy Moss -
First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
Mahesh Babu
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Any girl who likes watching movies would like to work in them and would want to do all of that. I'm also one of them. But people know me for badminton and love me for it. So I'd stick to it right now. But maybe after badminton, I'll think about it.
Saina Nehwal -
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Omar Khayyam -
I love dressing up.
Bat for Lashes -
Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading.
P. J. O'Rourke -
My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.
Iain Glen -
I'm known for my handwritten notes.
Pamela Anderson
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Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.
Karen Handel -
As a senior in high school, you figure out what you want to do with your life. I asked myself if I wanted to get back into acting and thought: 'Yes, but under my own terms and nothing like it was before.'
Macaulay Culkin -
Use a corrector to do all the heavy lifting under the eyes, not concealer. I spent years re-applying and layering concealer and Touche Eclat under there, when what I really needed was a good, peachy-toned corrector.
Zoe Foster Blake -
I'm kind of in between organized and messy, so if I have the right things to keep me organized, it's easier for me to stay that way. If I don't have the right tools, I'm a train wreck.
Odette Annable -
I'm probably a Libertarian, if I had to put myself in any category. But you don't come out and talk about these things, for obvious reasons.
Gary Oldman -
And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
Randy Pausch
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Girls are like exotic birds. They are pretty to look at but hard to catch.
Howard Dwaine Dorough The Backstreet Boys -
You can't live your life being upset about things, but it's a lot easier to not be upset about it if you've got enough money yourself. If you're walking around broke and working a job from nine to five or seven to five, and you're really struggling to make ends meet, you start thinking about people who have ripped you off and getting pretty angry at them.
Alex Chilton Big Star -
No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.
Norman Vincent Peale -
[On her morphine addiction:] I was meant to 'taper off.' At times I felt such pains as must afflict a creature while a bigger beast eats and claws at its middle. God-awful things were hiding underneath my bed, and it was no use telling me they were not there - I knew they were, and felt their dreadful ever-changing shapes.
Evalyn Walsh McLean