Leigh Hunt Quotes

Oh for a seat in some poetic nook,Just hid with trees and sparkling with a brook!

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• Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Up
  • You
  • Speak

• Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • People
  • Me
  • Fame

• I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Pretty
  • Me
  • Reason

• It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Work
  • Ideas
  • Humility

• Linda Thorson was a great actress with a great body, but she arrived just as 'The Avengers' was losing its appeal.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • Great
  • She
  • Body

• I've been making a diary of the daft things people have said during London Fashion Week, and it does wear a little bit thin, everyone comparing my name to Edie Sedgwick.

  

  Edie Campbell
  • People
  • Fashion
  • Week

• If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

  

  Tara Strong
  • Actors
  • Talented

• I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'

  

  Jack Reynor
  • Day
  • Teacher
  • Tree

• I hope they can see that as a consumer, if they express themselves, they may make an impact and leverage their impact on the brands, and the brands can leverage their buying power on tens of thousands of polluters - suppliers - in China.

  

  Ma Jun
  • May
  • Power
  • Hope

• My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Never
  • Regret
  • Read

• The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • People
  • Why
  • Business

• I'll probably have to open a recording studio at some point because I won't be able to pay the bills.

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Point
  • Open
  • Bills

• If you were an alien who came to our bookstores - or browsed our teen magazines - you'd think that only Earth girls who look like Mila Kunis ever got any action.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Earth
  • Action
  • Alien

• I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Film
  • Chosen
  • Honoured

• What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.

  

  Ed Lee
  • People
  • Time
  • Community

• A lot of Playmates look like Playmates, but I look so girl-next-door and wholesome.

  

  Karen McDougal
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Door

• The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Diversity
  • Loss
  • Forgive

• I'm easy to hate.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Hate
  • Easy

• One must find rhythms others' ears don't hear.

  

  David Anthony Durham
  • Rhythm
  • Ears

• My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf costume and take photos of kids sitting on Santa Claus's lap.

  

  Karen Duffy
  • Up
  • School
  • Job

• With 'Broadcast News,' it became a non-issue, and with 'The Piano,' it became a non-issue. Both parts were written for more statuesque women. It was nice to change people's minds about that, because that's neither here nor there.

  

  Holly Hunter
  • People
  • Women
  • Nice

• Also, if nothing else, writing this book has really changed the way I experience bookstores. I have a whole different appreciation for the amount of work packed into even the slimmest volume on the shelves.

  

  Jesse James Garrett
  • Work
  • Different
  • Writing

• Music is one of the highest art forms there is. It can define a life, change a life, or even safe a life, in just three short minutes.

  

  Alyson Noel
  • Life
  • Music
  • Art

• Oh for a seat in some poetic nook,Just hid with trees and sparkling with a brook!

  

  Leigh Hunt