Lesley Garrett Quotes

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

Lesley Garrett

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• I'm afraid to fail again.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Afraid
  • Fail
  • Again

• My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.

  

  Samina Baig
  • Women
  • Help
  • Desire

• There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Difference
  • Victim
  • Bully

• Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

  

  Mae West
  • Long
  • Want
  • Dresses

• I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Country
  • Think
  • Song

• Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Travel

• The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.

  

  Edmond de Goncourt
  • Men
  • Live
  • Truth

• I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Music
  • Happy
  • Fun

• I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.

  

  Ed Speleers
  • School
  • Love
  • Sports

• Nowadays even presidents, vice-presidents, and heads of big agencies are opening their minds to accept psychic phenomena, because they know it works.

  

  Uri Geller
  • Know
  • Accept
  • Opening

• I'm not the girl next door.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Girl
  • Door
  • Girl Next Door

• I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Think
  • Funny
  • Amazing

• The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.

  

  Victor Grignard
  • Two
  • Organic
  • Compounds

• Athletes, like everyone else, at times take supplements but just have to consult your doctors and work on that. It's a process, but it's achievable... It's my job to be healthy.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Work
  • Job
  • Process

• Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Myself

• The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

  

  Hank Johnson
  • Education
  • Stress
  • Student

• The European Union and its member states continue and will continue, as the nuclear deal is implemented, to have open channels with Iran.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Will
  • Open
  • Continue

• There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company. But you also end up in the company of people you don't admire, including some rather dodgy politicians.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• A big reason I'd spent my career as a writer and not a public speaker is that I am a person who refines my worldview in a silent room, waiting for my thoughts to arrange themselves on the screen before me.

  

  Laura Moser
  • Career
  • Writer
  • Worldview

• I love maxi dresses, I feel so great when I put on a maxi dress, big earrings and sandals.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Great

• The last time we were here, we were backing off and cutting back in power and you could feel it. But everybody's the same out there.

  

  Helio Castroneves
  • Time
  • Power
  • Cutting

• Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • People
  • May
  • Together

• Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

  

  Lesley Garrett
  • Football
  • Drama