George William Russell Quotes

No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

George William Russell

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• When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Up
  • Done
  • Strong

• In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Different
  • Lost
  • Memory

• To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • World
  • Believe
  • True

• When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Want
  • Something
  • Go

• I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Person
  • Emotions
  • Optimistic

• I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Great
  • Want
  • Ego

• I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Time
  • Feeling

• For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.

  

  Washed Out
  • Life
  • Time
  • Thinking

• I'm not at the hoarder stage, but there are two or three storage units here and there. I have things that a lot of people put a lot of heart and soul into, a lot of mental energy. I'm good at keeping those things. When it comes to pop culture, as you move through this fast lane, you wonder where it all goes and how you can hold onto it.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • People
  • Good
  • Heart

• I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Like
  • Living
  • Disappointed

• I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Best
  • Movies
  • Scary

• Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.

  

  Edgar Quinet
  • Truth
  • Discovery
  • Stand

• It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

  

  Felix Frankfurter
  • People
  • History
  • Nice

• Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.

  

  Otto Weininger
  • Struggle
  • Matter
  • Fate

• When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • Know
  • Desire

• There's only so much you can say about celebrity, obviously.

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • Celebrity

• Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

  

  Conor Cruise O'Brien
  • Nature

• College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

  

  Jerry Kramer
  • College
  • Positive
  • Sweet

• Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do.

  

  Joe Sacco
  • Age

• My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.

  

  Kabir
  • Sky
  • Lightning
  • Gleam

• I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Things
  • Influence
  • Keep

• I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.

  

  Jason O'Mara
  • Important
  • Family
  • American

• The important thing when it comes to grooming, as when it comes to clothes, is you do not want anything to distract from the strength and power of your ideas,.

  

  Vanessa Friedman
  • Important
  • Power
  • Ideas

• No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

  

  George William Russell
  • Important
  • Leader
  • Development