Alberto Manguel Quotes
In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.Alberto Manguel
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
Carles Puigdemont -
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.
J. William Fulbright -
I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
Ireland Baldwin -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty -
We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.
Wendell Mayes -
I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
Paloma Faith
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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
Mara Wilson -
Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
Ed Sheeran -
I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
Farrah Fawcett -
Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.
Camille Paglia -
I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
Mara Wilson -
The life of the hereafter is the outcome of all this world.
Said Nursi
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Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?
Ian Mckellen -
I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
Zoe Sugg -
Based on the Gaza precedent, Israel should not simply be expected to withdraw from territory and let it devolve into a state of anarchy. The West Bank is simply too close to Israel's major population centers and infrastructure to allow it to become another launching pad for rockets.
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. -
'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
Rachael Taylor -
I am sort of a tea addict. I structure my day by cups of tea.
S. T. Joshi -
I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
Aaron Swartz
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I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.
Laura Marling -
Work is important, no doubt, but one can end up neglecting family and friends in the bargain. So I have resolved not to let that happen and maintain work-life balance by taking time out for the people who matter the most to me.
Disha Patani -
Will I be coming to you as husband or a child? A partner or a student?
Orson Scott Card -
I'd love to work with Rachel McAdams, because she's a great actress.
Emma Roberts -
If you need to pursue your interests, do not expect anyone else to do it for you.
Dalia Grybauskaite -
In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.
Alberto Manguel