Burton Raffel Quotes

I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought. In endless battles. I am old, now, But I will fight again, seek fame still, If the dragon hiding in his tower dares to face me..

Burton Raffel

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• Fame
• Youth

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• The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

  

  Ovid
  • May
  • Ability
  • Will

• If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Good
  • Work
  • She

• As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Pain
  • Child
  • Young

• I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen! I never touch coffee or other caffeinated drinks.

  

  Fan Bingbing
  • Coffee
  • Carry
  • Umbrella

• Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.

  

  Eddie Slovik
  • Write
  • Crying
  • Letter

• In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.

  

  Ilana Glazer
  • World
  • Picture
  • Club

• If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • People
  • Good
  • Music

• When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Hate
  • Violence
  • Police

• The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Society
  • Value
  • Social

• Being a pop-leaning, female artist, you'd think that I'd have my record company breathing down my neck and trying to control everything I'm doing. Actually, they've just kind of let me take the wheel.

  

  Halsey
  • Trying
  • Control
  • Artist

• Expenditure can't really guarantee a great experience. I don't even like shopping; I've never bought stuff for myself, and everything I wear are gifts from my brothers, friends and people.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • People
  • Great
  • Experience

• 'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • World
  • Like
  • Blue

• I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.

  

  Wallis Simpson
  • Life
  • Courage
  • New Things

• I love the road. That's always been my goal. I've said that to many record labels. I want to make records. The road is my favorite. Some people hate the road, I love the road.

  

  Gary Allan
  • People
  • Hate
  • Road

• Only that position can impart dignity in which we do not appear as servile tools but rather create independently within our circle.

  

  Karl Marx

• If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Power

• When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.

  

  Colbie Caillat

• I never plan a structure. I like surprises. I'm quite disciplined and sit at my desk every day and just write.

  

  Jenny Downham

• Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• Qui fait le conseiller n'est plus ambassadeur.

  

  Pierre Corneille

• The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • Live
  • Death
  • Fear

• A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

  

  David Hume
  • Real
  • Hope
  • Fear

• It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do you stand out. Our mandate always is to make something different in feel and tone. You try to avoid someone thinking, 'Gee, I've seen this before.'

  

  Lauren Shuler Donner
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Book

• I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought. In endless battles. I am old, now, But I will fight again, seek fame still, If the dragon hiding in his tower dares to face me..

  

  Burton Raffel
  • Fear
  • Fight
  • Fame