Laurence Housman Quotes
The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.Laurence Housman
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson -
I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
T.I. -
Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
Viggo Mortensen -
I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
Frances McDormand -
The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
Larry Bird -
L.A. makes you feel ugly.
Rachel Weisz
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
Edgardo Osorio -
Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
Samuel E. Morison -
The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
Karl Marx -
I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
Zachary Levi -
I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
Nancy Pickard -
I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
K. Flay
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
Caleb Johnson -
We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively to say, 'we're going to go through structural unemployment for a while because we want to address deficits.'
Indra Nooyi -
New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
Eddie Huang -
I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
Aaron Staton -
The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
Ed Sheeran -
Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
E. O. Wilson
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I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.
Charles Simeon -
I'm kind of boring - I like to watch the 'Newshour' on Friday nights.
Deborah K. Ross -
While I am watching over you, no great need will overcome you. be mindful of the name of the Trinity And none shall overcome you.
Taliesin -
We need to step up because our past generations did their jobs; we now need to do ours.
Burgess Owens -
I panic at parties. I don't like talking absolutely nothing and pretending, so I'm quite odd socially.
Mary Steenburgen -
The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.
Laurence Housman