Alan Hovhaness Quotes
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Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
Zelda Fitzgerald -
I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
Laura Linney -
I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
Karan Mahajan -
We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
Arthur Daniel Miller -
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Eckhart Tolle -
I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
Dan Gilbert
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
Imelda Staunton -
I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
Ira Sachs -
When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
Faith Hill -
No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair -
If you want to be happy, make others happy!
Dada Vaswani
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
Manuel Puig -
I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.
Kate Winslet -
I found a red Oscar de la Renta raincoat, and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Dakota Johnson -
What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
T. C. Boyle -
The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
Karl A. Menninger
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Sometimes it felt to him as though he’s spent most of his life traveling, and never quite got to anywhere that mattered. Then again, that might be as good a description of what life was supposed to be as anyone ever thought of. The only real destination was death, and our lives consisted of finding the most circuitous and pleasant path to get there.
Orson Scott Card -
Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.
Kate Bush -
Everything on Saturday morning cartoons moves alike-that's one of the reasons it's not animation. The drawings are different, but everybody acts the same way, their feet move the same way, and everybody runs the same way. It doesn't matter whether it's an alligator or a man or a baby or anything, they all move the same.
Chuck Jones -
The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the earth. My first scene in a movie was with James Cagney, for goodness sakes. There I was, just out of the U.S. Navy without an acting lesson to my name.
Dean Jones -
I like a few vintage Rolexes, and Panerais are good. I'm not into sports watches - I like chronometers.
Jason Statham -
I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
Alan Hovhaness