Alan Lightman Quotes
I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot.
Alan Lightman
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
Owen Arthur
I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
Pamela Anderson
Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
M. J. Hyland
I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
Jaclyn Smith
What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
Harland Williams
In his enigmatic and cunning story 'The Crown of Feathers,' Isaac Bashevis Singer refuses to produce uncontradictory evidence of God's will but rather mixes all signals, jams the evidence, stalls every conclusion.
Edmund White
When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
Camila Alves
I go to wherever God calls me, wherever the church calls me to come to minister and preach the word of God.
Vanity
I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
Gary Kemp
Spandau Ballet
I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
Naomie Harris
There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
Felix Dennis
No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.
Jena Malone
Moviegoers love the intricacies of a crime all the more when it's for a good cause.
James Surowiecki
My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it.
Keeley Hawes
No ideas are harmed in the making of my books, by the way. All I do with my best ideas is run with them, fast as I can, taking notes and occasionally suggesting a left hand turn rather than the right hand one which might have taken us both over a precipice.
Debi Gliori
When I started, you had cochineal food colouring that would turn things pink, but you could never make it red. Now, red is no problem - and if you look at supermarket bakery sections since 'Bake Off' began, you can get everything.
Mary Berry
I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good uses, it is abused quite a lot.
Alan Lightman