Lev Grossman Quotes
I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.Lev Grossman
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
Francesca Annis -
I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
Irina Shayk -
I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
Ralph Fiennes -
I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
Harold Pinter -
I respect music, I do. I love it.
Youssou N'Dour -
You either make dust or eat dust.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
Felipe VI of Spain -
Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
Barack Obama -
I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
Iris Apfel -
We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
Hanna Rosin -
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith -
The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.
Jaan Tallinn
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
Barton Gellman -
Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
Wendell Willkie -
I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
Yami Gautam -
According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
Harbhajan Singh -
My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
W. H. Davies -
You lose the speed before the stamina.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
D. A. Pennebaker -
To me, the pinnacle of my career is writing for youth. I can die happy: I have succeeded in doing what I have always wanted to do.
Jewell Parker Rhodes -
It's taken years for people to figure out how to make good content with a gamepad, even though they've been using gamepads for decades to make traditional games.
Palmer Luckey -
The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
Jack Nicklaus -
The burden of being a constant symbol, of having to live up to a symbol of advancement, of progress, of being perfect in some way and always representing the destiny of an entire people - that is supposed to be invincibility. That's enormous.
Margo Jefferson -
I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.
Lev Grossman