Alice James Quotes
If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich.Alice James
Quotes to Explore
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
Federica Montseny -
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker -
Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
Yanis Varoufakis -
There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
Edmund Phelps -
I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
Indra Nooyi
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
B. B. King -
From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
Sachin Tendulkar -
There's no regrets for me.
Adam Lambert -
If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
Manoj Bhargava -
I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
Tamsin Greig -
Voting for a candidate for the DC circuit is very different from confirming someone to the US Supreme Court. I have been very clear that the Senate should not confirm any nominee in a lame duck session.
Ted Cruz
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
Nadia Comaneci -
Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
Olivia Munn -
I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
Ed Helms -
There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
Daniel Craig -
I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
Rand Paul -
You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
Ed Harris
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It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.
Jennifer Capriati -
I'm not a 25-interception quarterback, I know that.
Eli Manning -
I can't keep sitting on the bench and letting my life go on, smoking a cigar and not doing anything. It's not me. I want to be playing football.
Luke Shaw -
It was a fun game to watch. Everybody just came together. Chris just did a great job of putting everybody on his back.
Allen Iverson -
Surrealism runs through the streets.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich.
Alice James