Evan S. Connell Quotes

You’re not as cold as you pretend to be,’ she said. ‘I think your doors open in different places, that’s all. Most people just don’t know how to get in to you. They knock and they knock where the door is supposed to be, but it’s a blank wall. But you’re there. I’ve watched you. I’ve seen you do some awfully cold things warmly and some warm things coldly. Or does that make sense?

Evan S. Connell

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• I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.

  

  Larry Holmes
  • Me
  • Hurt
  • Feel

• In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • War
  • Father
  • Year

• I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.

  

  Harold H. Greene
  • Time
  • Day
  • Become

• I'm not a sun person.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Person
  • Sun

• No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Political
  • Small
  • Community

• Item numbers are not my cup of tea.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Tea
  • Numbers
  • Cup

• I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Up
  • Game
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• If you're comfortable with yourself, then you'll look beautiful. If you're not feeling comfortable with yourself, than that kind of shows. I think that as cheesy as the pageant industry can be seen at times, it actually does help women - boosting their confidence and growing into their own. I have to give it credit for that.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Women
  • Help
  • Beautiful

• Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • America
  • Past
  • Month

• In all likelihood, you've been treated by a Muslim doctor or served by a Muslim waiter or worked beside a Muslim computer programmer. Even if you think, 'I don't know any Muslims,' it's probably not true.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • True
  • Think
  • Know

• Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.

  

  Vanessa Mae
  • Like
  • Prince
  • Beatles

• The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Live
  • Forever
  • Jazz

• One of the key elements of human behavior is, humans have a greater fear of loss than enjoyment of success. All the academic studies will show you that the fear of loss of capital is far greater than the enjoyment of gains.

  

  Laurence D. Fink
  • Success
  • Fear

• I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

  

  Chris Hayes
  • Up

• I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.

  

  Claire Foy
  • People
  • Country

• That's the novelist's job: to peel back the layers and look underneath.

  

  David Bergen
  • Job

• I want to be remembered as iconic and different.

  

  The Weeknd
  • Different

• Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be.

  

  Emma Goldman
  • Good
  • She
  • Effort

• I've never done online dating, but first of all, I have a book out called 'Make It Last Forever: The Do's and The Dont's,' which led me to do the online dating thing. A lot of people respect my relationship songs, so they can pretty much trust me.

  

  Keith Sweat
  • People
  • Done
  • Book

• If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.

  

  Al Bernstein

• One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

  

  Lesley Garrett
  • Music
  • Attention

• 'Cabaret' was the most commercial success that I've been involved in.

  

  Joel Grey
  • Success

• You’re not as cold as you pretend to be,’ she said. ‘I think your doors open in different places, that’s all. Most people just don’t know how to get in to you. They knock and they knock where the door is supposed to be, but it’s a blank wall. But you’re there. I’ve watched you. I’ve seen you do some awfully cold things warmly and some warm things coldly. Or does that make sense?

  

  Evan S. Connell
  • People
  • Door
  • Supposed