Alexander Smith Quotes
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To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
Karan Mahajan -
In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
Hanna Rosin -
Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
T. E. Hulme -
Watch your finances like a hawk.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
Gayle Forman -
Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
Umberto Eco
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
Sam Graves -
Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
Pat Buchanan -
Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.
Damien Rice -
Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
Ed Oxenbould -
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
Nancy Astor -
I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
Vince Cable
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
Action Bronson -
I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
Laura Hillenbrand -
Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
Patrick Fugit -
I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
Lapo Elkann -
I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
Zac Brown Band -
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
Harry A. Blackmun
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
Eden Hazard -
Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand, To read it well: that is, to understand.
Ben Jonson -
You know, I've never killed a man before. I mean I droped bombs on the enemy from the above, but never face to face. [thinking pause] I don't see what the big deal is - I really don't.
John Travolta -
For my 23rd birthday, I received a nylon string guitar. I told myself that if I could play Eric Clapton's 'Tears In Heaven,' then I could play the guitar. I practised every chance I got, driving my housemates insane, until several weeks later I had a shaky version of the song down. I wrote my first song on the guitar a few weeks after that.
Neil Jackson -
Rhythm, that's an essential part of cooking. The sound of a lovely song and the smell of some dish in the oven are equally evocative.
Neneh Cherry -
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
Alexander Smith