Lynne Truss Quotes
My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.Lynne Truss
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
Sam Hunt -
I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
Adam Baldwin -
I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
M.I.A. -
There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
Rachel Cusk -
Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
Zach Braff -
The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
Felipe VI of Spain
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
A. Philip Randolph -
Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
Natalie Massenet -
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
J. B. Priestley -
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
Ramana Maharshi -
My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
Lady Gaga
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
Laura Dern -
What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
Octavia Spencer -
I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.
Taron Egerton -
It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
W. G. Sebald -
Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
Salman Khan -
My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over.
Vanilla Ice
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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Frank Lloyd Wright -
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Douglas MacArthur -
A lot of the greatest artists, their work is always about life and the world. I think there needs to be that for video games.
Jenova Chen -
If you summon your courage to challenge something, you’ll never be left with regret. How sad it is to spend your life wishing, “If only I’d had a little more courage.” Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.
Daisaku Ikeda -
I was the ugly duckling until I reached puberty.
Tanya Roberts -
My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.
Lynne Truss