Geoffrey Gorer Quotes
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves.Geoffrey Gorer
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
V. S. Naipaul -
I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
Kate Flannery -
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
Ramakrishna -
For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
Ram Charan -
You can't always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
Gabriel Byrne
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
Jack Nicklaus -
As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
Randall Kennedy -
There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.
Sally Ride -
If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually.
Jack Lemmon -
Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values.
Patrick Lencioni -
A photograph can express silence.
Patrick Modiano
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Live, for I love you!
Edmond Rostand -
The surest sign that a man has a genuine taste of his own is that he is uncertain of it.
W. H. Auden -
I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic.
Charles Darwin -
Represent your figures in such action as may be fitted to express what purpose is in the mind of each; otherwise your art will not be admirable.
Leonardo da Vinci -
I don't pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing. I'm doing this simply because Dr Reilly asked me to, and somehow when Dr Reilly asks you to do a thing you don't like to refuse.
Agatha Christie -
A strong egoism is a protection against disease, but in the last resort we must begin to love in order that we may not fall ill, and must fall ill if, in consequence of frustration, we cannot love.
Sigmund Freud