Alexander Cockburn Quotes
The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.Alexander Cockburn
Quotes to Explore
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
Frances Fisher -
I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
Wangari Maathai -
I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
Dale Murphy -
When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
Jackie Robinson -
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
Salman Rushdie
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
Gary Bettman -
I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
Malcolm McDowell -
Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
D. H. Lawrence -
There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
Walead Beshty -
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
Kara Swisher
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You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.
Olivia Newton-John -
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
Nadine Gordimer -
My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
Caitlin Flanagan -
It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.
Lawrence Block
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A cultural shift is needed to incorporate exercise into our children's daily lives.
Darell Hammond -
You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
Walter Bagehot -
When my children were young, one of the treats promised by their grandparents was a ride in Grandad's car.
Laurie Graham -
The world is a mess. It seems that life gets harder on a personal level each and every day. Hug and kiss those you love every day. You never know when the tragedies of this world may visit your life.
Kevin Nash -
The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.
Alexander Cockburn