Anais Nin Quotes

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

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• Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.

  

  Yahya Jammeh
  • Rights
  • Means
  • Homosexuality

• Cows are gentle, interesting animals.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Interesting
  • Animals
  • Cows

• I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.

  

  Larry King
  • Time
  • Wish
  • Jealous

• For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.

  

  Rahul Gandhi
  • People
  • Life
  • Party

• I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Kids
  • Think
  • House

• You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Heart
  • Movie
  • Want

• The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • People
  • Money
  • War

• I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • People
  • Think
  • Community

• Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.

  

  Jack Gould
  • Sex
  • Television
  • Taxes

• I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Great
  • Think
  • Film

• My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Father
  • Also
  • Screenwriter

• Politics won't allow for the truth.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Truth
  • Politics
  • Allow

• I've certainly had to go through trying to change the fact that I was always identified as the widow of Notorious B.I.G. You know, I'm never going to be able to get away from having been married to him, but that's not what identifies me. You know, my life isn't just about that.

  

  Faith Evans
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Change

• I've always said the rubber duck is a yellow catalyst.

  

  Florentijn Hofman
  • Said
  • Yellow
  • Duck

• I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Thought

• I do not consider a liberal necessarily to be a leftist.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Consider
  • Liberal
  • Leftist

• Reiterating the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS is an easy thing to do. Understanding the science and politics of the situation is much more complicated and requires study with a critical and open mind.

  

  Nate Mendel Foo Fighters
  • Mind
  • Science
  • Understanding

• My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Design
  • Dress
  • Uniform

• There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Up
  • Song
  • Ideas

• I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • God
  • Family
  • Nice

• I just adore RuPaul... this guy is a tireless worker, just with everything that he does, and I just think he's so fabulous.

  

  Lynda Carter
  • Guy

• As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.

  

  Tyronn Lue
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Game

• We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

  

  Anais Nin