Aldous Huxley Quotes
In the old dramas it was love that had to be sacrificed to painful duty. In the modern instance the sacrifice is at the shrine of what William James called 'the Bitch Goddess, Success.' Love is to be abandoned for the stern pursuit of newspaper notoriety and dollars.Aldous Huxley
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
Kate Voegele -
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
Lara St. John -
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
Naomi Klein -
I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
Naima Adedapo
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
Laura Prepon -
The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
Karen Gillan -
Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.
Yukihiro Matsumoto -
Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
Fran Tarkenton -
There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
Gary Busey
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I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
T-Pain -
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
Iris DeMent -
The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
Dan Coats -
Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
Irving Babbitt -
When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.
Cindy Margolis
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I don't think a system or a government should fear critical opinions or views. Only by heeding those critical views would it be possible for us to further improve our work and make further progress.
Wen Jiabao -
I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. 'You're fired' is a very strong term.
Donald Trump -
We want to undersell and overdeliver. We hopefully would be ensuring another period of sustained success.
Tom Werner -
Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.
Hector Berlioz -
In the old dramas it was love that had to be sacrificed to painful duty. In the modern instance the sacrifice is at the shrine of what William James called 'the Bitch Goddess, Success.' Love is to be abandoned for the stern pursuit of newspaper notoriety and dollars.
Aldous Huxley