P. D. James Quotes
Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.P. D. James
Quotes to Explore
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
Dan Fogelman -
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
Oriana Fallaci -
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
Larry King -
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
Hannah Arendt -
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Pablo Picasso -
I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
Haley Joel Osment
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
Kaley Cuoco -
I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
Patricia Millett -
I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.
Manolo Blahnik -
The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
Earl Weaver -
I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
Vanessa Hudgens -
After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
Dan Hawkins
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
Vikram Seth -
If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
Karl Pilkington -
It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it.
Danica McKellar -
We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
Naguib Mahfouz -
The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.
Jack Schwartz
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I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.
Christiane Amanpour -
I'll tell you, Liz Cheney is going to be a very good candidate. I worked with her during the Bush campaigns. She's smart, she's focused, she's disciplined - and she's got a great back story. She's got a large family. She's a great mom. And she's a hard worker. I think she's going to be a very effective campaigner.
Mark McKinnon -
The empathy I found reading 'Heidi' and 'Little Women' is empathy we have as human beings that can feed all of our souls. We have our differences, but we're all so similar in our humanness. So those stories about young girls overcoming meant a lot to me and gave me hope.
Jewell Parker Rhodes -
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
Clarence Darrow -
I feel like I'm always looking to continue improving myself. I'm always looking to win. I'm super competitive, so going into the Olympics, I feel like that's nothing different.
Alex Morgan -
Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.
P. D. James