Lionel Shriver Quotes

Tory supporters are not spontaneously ashamed; they have been made to feel ashamed. British leftists fiercely believe they are right - in the sense of correct but also in the sense of just. Conservatives likewise believe they are right-as-in-correct. Yet Tories are less confident about whether their politics are right-as-in-just.

Lionel Shriver

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• To be is to do.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Brainy

• I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • World
  • Power
  • Training

• I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.

  

  Nat King Cole
  • Trying
  • Happy
  • Guy

• I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Up
  • Good
  • Lose

• If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.

  

  Halsey
  • Done
  • True
  • Think

• We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Think
  • Control
  • Seem

• I founded Camellia Network with my dear friend Isis Dallis Keigwin. The mission of our organization is to create a national network that connects every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • Support
  • Friend
  • Organization

• I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

  

  Sally Ride
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Good
  • Work
  • Movie

• The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Die
  • End
  • Civilization

• Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.

  

  Ines de La Fressange
  • Together
  • Simple
  • Better

• Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.

  

  G. W. Bailey
  • Work
  • Movie
  • Star

• What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Love
  • History
  • City

• I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.

  

  Ueli Gegenschatz
  • Different
  • Country
  • Fly

• The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.

  

  Gabriel Heatter
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Time
  • War

• It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Important
  • House
  • Space

• I'm very, very blessed.

  

  Bailee Madison
  • Blessed
  • Very

• Because of 'World War Z' and 'The Walking Dead,' I can't pitch a modest little zombie film which is meant to be sociopolitical.

  

  George A. Romero
  • World
  • War
  • Walking

• There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.

  

  James Franco
  • People
  • Up
  • Focus

• I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

  

  Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Giving

• I do believe that a law-abiding citizen that is armed, that's out in public, will keep himself, his staff, and, in some cases, the public safe.

  

  Chris Collins
  • Believe
  • Law

• Tory supporters are not spontaneously ashamed; they have been made to feel ashamed. British leftists fiercely believe they are right - in the sense of correct but also in the sense of just. Conservatives likewise believe they are right-as-in-correct. Yet Tories are less confident about whether their politics are right-as-in-just.

  

  Lionel Shriver
  • Believe