George Monbiot Quotes

August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad.

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Up
  • America

• I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • God
  • Powerful
  • Religious

• Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Welcome
  • Homosexuals

• The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Myself

• My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Family
  • Pretty
  • Dad

• It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Great
  • She
  • Play

• I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Work
  • Fashion
  • Style

• I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.

  

  Vanity
  • Truth
  • Free
  • Jesus

• Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Gentleman
  • Tell
  • Once

• You have a specific, defined audience-at MTV, they assume the audience to the news is 15 to 30 years old and they do a lot of research about the things they're interested in.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • You
  • Research
  • News

• I think, anyone in the arts, you're self-employed; it's so difficult.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Think
  • Difficult
  • Arts

• I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • School
  • Teacher
  • Enjoy

• I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Think
  • Me
  • Desire

• You have considerable choice in how you end your fiction. For all stories, the basic rule is the same: Choose the type of ending that best suits what's gone before.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Best
  • End
  • Same

• At nine years old, I was presented an opportunity to move to Toronto to train for pairs dancing. As soon as I heard that that's what it entailed, I was out of there. It's like a past life. I hung up my skates and never looked back.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Life
  • Up
  • Past

• Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Art
  • Society
  • Freedom

• We'll never forget you, Mary Poppins!

  

  P. L. Travers

• When Prussia hurried to the field,And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Left
  • Shield
  • Prussia

• Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks, people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against other people's lives on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, whatever.

  

  Jeff Buckley
  • People
  • Life
  • Religious

• I may or may not be the best fighter in the world but I want to be the best entertainer, so when you see my fights before and after, you'll remember my entrance and the fight. When I've walked in there, you'll know I've walked in there!

  

  Dave Legeno
  • World
  • May
  • Remember

• It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

  

  Preston Sturges
  • Up
  • Acceptance

• I love my mom and dad.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Love
  • Dad
  • Mom

• August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad.

  

  George Monbiot
  • Remember
  • August
  • Raving