Alistair Horne Quotes
In Tbilisi in 1990, I recall watching zealous Georgians smash statues of Lenin and Stalin. A few days earlier, though, in Moscow I had been invited to address the Red Army, as one of the first Brits to benefit from Glasnost. The subject they chose: The Cuban Missile Crisis.Alistair Horne
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe -
At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow.
Val Guest -
One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
Babasaheb -
Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
Park Shin-hye -
People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
Tadashi Yanai -
When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
Patrick White
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
Vanessa Marcil -
I have a great office.
R. L. Stine -
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
Taylor Kinney -
The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
Laura Dern -
It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
Zhou Xun -
Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
M. Stanton Evans
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
Edgar Lee Masters -
It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
Dale Dauten -
I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
Patricia Ireland -
In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
Ed Harris
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A lot of those early indie movies - 'Smoke Signals,' 'Eat Drink Man Woman,' 'Boyz n the Hood' - there was a different aesthetic; everyone was telling stories that were like, 'This is new and different. Let's do it.'
Chris Doubek -
I used to get a lift to school every day with a man who was a major in the British Army.
Adrian McKinty -
Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.
Jay IDK -
My mum was quite poor, and my dad was rich. She didn't dig that, so she left him.
Kevin Parker Tame Impala -
Uh? They don't like me over here, either.
Joakim Noah -
In Tbilisi in 1990, I recall watching zealous Georgians smash statues of Lenin and Stalin. A few days earlier, though, in Moscow I had been invited to address the Red Army, as one of the first Brits to benefit from Glasnost. The subject they chose: The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Alistair Horne