Ali Smith Quotes
We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept rolling along. We know it all now, with our thoughts traveling at the speed of a tweet, our 140 characters in search of a paragraph. We're post-history. We're post-mystery.Ali Smith
Quotes to Explore
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To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.
Ferdinand Marcos -
'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
Octavia Spencer -
I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
Olivier Theyskens -
To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
Ioan Gruffudd -
Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
Larry King
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
Federico Garcia Lorca -
There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
Tasha Smith -
I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
Gary Herbert -
Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
Oliver North
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It takes people a while to trust you.
Karl Malone -
No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
Ira Hayes -
I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
Don't take 'no' for an answer.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
Ralph Norman -
Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
Venerable Bede
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Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.
Laurette Taylor -
When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.
Phillip Lim -
Blowing people's minds is one of my favorite things to do.
Kevin Plank -
But, somewhere in there, I did have the thought that this really fits in with my thinking about what I wanted to do; with what has to be done by a writer in order to stay alive as a writer.
A. E. van Vogt -
I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
Eddie Murphy -
We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept rolling along. We know it all now, with our thoughts traveling at the speed of a tweet, our 140 characters in search of a paragraph. We're post-history. We're post-mystery.
Ali Smith