David Daiches Quotes
Literature is man's exploration of man by artificial light, which is better than natural light because we can direct it where we want.David Daiches
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
Karl Rove -
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
Sam Heughan -
We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
Gary Johnson -
The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
Tamar Braxton
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
Victor Pinchuk -
I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
Venus Williams -
I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
Jack Lowden -
Literature is memory written down. All literature is memory.
Wayne Grady -
Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?
Karen Thompson Walker -
Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
Gary Cherone Van Halen
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We want you to pay attention.
Quavo Migos -
At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's Luxia TV, an Eames lounge chair or anything by Loro Piana.
Gary Hamel -
What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
Walter F. Mondale -
I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
Barry Manilow -
I think the bottom line for Oregonians is that cleaner fuels mean cleaner air, and we need that, and we want that.
Kate Brown -
I want to be in a stable relationship and have kids by the time I'm 30.
Olly Murs
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Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.
Buzz Aldrin -
I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
Paloma Faith -
... we can no longer afford to throw away even one 'unimportant' day by not noticing the wonder of it all. We have to be willing to discover and then appreciate the authentic moments of happiness available to all of us every day.
Sarah Ban Breathnach -
Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
Mahmoud Darwish -
I always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don't wanna do the same thing over and over again because that's, well, first of all that's no fun.
Zooey Deschanel -
Literature is man's exploration of man by artificial light, which is better than natural light because we can direct it where we want.
David Daiches