Han Suyin Quotes
Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time reconquered, but with added knowledge and a different outcome.Han Suyin
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
Yasser Arafat -
The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
Zadie Smith -
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
Felicia Day -
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw -
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
Ted Engstrom -
I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
Eden Hazard
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
Octavio Paz -
'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy.
R. Kelly -
If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
Taylor Swift -
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagehot -
I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
Idina Menzel
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
Aaron Stanford -
People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
Orson Welles -
I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
Sam Simon -
I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
Yakov Smirnoff -
Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
Yusuf Hamied -
When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
Ingmar Bergman
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
My knowledge of trains - and love before first sight, love at negative-one sight - comes from Alfred Hitchcock.
Darin Strauss -
The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.
Jack Markell -
I've never looked forward to a birthday like I'm looking forward to my new daughter's birthday, because two days after that is when I can apply for reinstatement.
Pete Rose -
Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time reconquered, but with added knowledge and a different outcome.
Han Suyin