Leo Tolstoy Quotes
Three years ago he was an honest, self-denying youth, ready to devote himself to every good cause; now he was a corrupt and refined egotist, given over to personal enjoyment. … And all this terrible transformation took place in him only because he ceased to have faith in himself, and began to believe in others.Leo Tolstoy
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
Gail Porter -
My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
Ted Ligety -
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
Adam Jones -
Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
Oleg Cassini -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
Rachel Roy
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
Cam Newton -
After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
Frances Beinecke -
I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
Yara Shahidi -
I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
G. Willow Wilson -
My most joy that I have is dancing.
Camila Alves -
You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
Karlie Kloss
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
Orson Welles -
You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
Tadashi Yanai -
The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
E. O. Wilson -
Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
Iggy Pop -
Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
Nate Corddry -
It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice is the #1 instrument that we can connect with; it doesn't sound too alien. I think that's the key is to find the line between sounding human and sounding robotic. That's an area that I like to explore a lot.
Flume
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You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.
David Attenborough -
I don't make big promises about losing weight or anything like that. I just suggest things that people can make to make them feel good.
Ella Woodward -
On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
Victor Francis Hess -
I've had some incredible moments in my life - thus far. I hope a lot more are coming.
Dionne Warwick -
Three years ago he was an honest, self-denying youth, ready to devote himself to every good cause; now he was a corrupt and refined egotist, given over to personal enjoyment. … And all this terrible transformation took place in him only because he ceased to have faith in himself, and began to believe in others.
Leo Tolstoy