Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
Manuel Puig -
I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
Irvine Welsh -
I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
Vijender Singh -
Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
Walter Gropius -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
Eddie Murphy -
Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
Laura Dern -
Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.
Bam Margera -
I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
Zoe Foster Blake -
When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
Edie Falco -
We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
Jackie Speier
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint Augustine -
I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once.
Larry Brown -
I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
Young Thug -
My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
Caio Fonseca -
It's just this little comedy about this group of guys, and their local hangout is a pool hall, and it's starting to get taken over by this big corporate, evil kind of guy. And it's just about them trying to save the day and their little pool hall in the process of it all. It's called 'Think Tank.'
Aaron Ruell
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My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.
Brigitte Nielsen -
I like to run a lot. I like to chase the ball.
Jose Reyes -
The brick of my life is music, but the mortar is faith.
Van Cliburn -
To be honest, I tend to romanticize the past, and though I appreciate all the conveniences of modern life, sometimes I yearn for simpler times.
Aziz Ansari -
My influences come from real life. I'm not interested in cinema for cinema's sake. I'm interested in life - what one does and how one interacts.
Steven Rodney McQueen -
As I get older I perceive Life has its tail in its mouth.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti