Alain de Botton Quotes
Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style.Alain de Botton
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I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.
Pablo Sandoval -
There's nothing unnatural in creation.
Wadada Leo Smith -
What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
There's no way to understand housing as it exists today without federal policy.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
Ziggy Marley -
I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
Natalie Portman
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I played quarterback, and it was a leadership position, and even though I'm doing a solo thing now, a lot of my success is a part of assembling this team of people who are really, really talented, and their position doesn't put them out front the way mine does, but it's still a team effort.
Sam Hunt -
One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
Venus Williams -
Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
Yakov Smirnoff -
I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
Eddie Marsan -
I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.
Taya Kyle
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
Walter Cronkite -
A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
Sam Graves -
Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do, great, but that's not your goal. With comedy, you're trying to make someone laugh, so to me, it's harder because you are in such a vulnerable position. You're like, 'I hope people like this. I hope I do the joke justice.'
Harley Quinn Smith -
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A. J. P. Taylor -
Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
Edgar Wright -
Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.
Kalpana Chawla
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Galleries in the West have probably been looking for exoticism. That's the reason my paintings initially sold well, I think. And then once they started selling, people said my works were very detailed. They may have represented something Japanese to them.
Takashi Murakami -
Wake up early everyday so that while others are still dreaming, you can make your dreams come true.
Hal Elrod -
My dream had become my reality: my old life was a discarded husk.
Leslie Poles Hartley -
As Edward P. Tryon of Columbia University once put it: 'In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our universe is simply one of those things that happen from time to time.' To which adds Guth: 'Although the creation of a universe might be very unlikely, Tryon emphasized that no one had counted the failed attempts.'
Bill Bryson -
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
Alexander McQueen -
Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style.
Alain de Botton