P. L. Travers Quotes
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
Ed Helms -
The ox suffers, the cart complains.
Victor Hugo -
I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
Irwin Shaw -
In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
Lady Gregory -
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
Samantha Power -
Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
Harold Prince
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I hate competition.
Marat Safin -
By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
Walter Gilbert -
Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
Harrison Salisbury -
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
Dan Futterman -
Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate it which makes it worth it.
Gabriel Iglesias -
When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body.
T. J. Miller
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
Edgar Fiedler -
I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
D. H. Lawrence -
We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time.
Vince McMahon -
I like my body, I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess my signature is sexy and eclectic but classic.
Lake Bell -
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
Igor Stravinsky -
I like to look strong and commanding.
Zoe Saldana
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The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams.
Jay Chiat -
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Earl Nightingale -
I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.
Adam Yauch The Beastie Boys -
I write a lot of songs about my impressions from a man's point of view.
Keith Matthew Thornton -
I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.
P. L. Travers