Lionel Shriver Quotes
When we conceive of happiness as a static state, effectively a place toward which we are aimed but at which most of us will never feel we've quite arrived, then the vision becomes exclusionary.Lionel Shriver
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
Haile Gebrselassie -
I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
Wallace Shawn -
A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
Sam Rayburn -
I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
Randall Munroe -
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
Fran Lebowitz -
I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
Laura Prepon
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
Barry Manilow -
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
Maggie Grace -
I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
Cameron Russell -
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
K. D. Lang -
When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
Tamsin Egerton -
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
B. C. Forbes -
The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
Garry Trudeau -
The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
Bar Refaeli -
I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life.
Taya Kyle -
Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
Oliver Reed
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Samuel Johnson -
My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.
Lisa Gardner -
The difference [God's] timelessness makes is that this now (which slips away from you even as you say the word now) is for Him infinite.
C. S. Lewis -
You can unite behind a candidate and a vision for America without rejecting another candidate and their vision, because in real life, opposed to party politics, we Democrats are on the same side.
Joe Andrew -
When we conceive of happiness as a static state, effectively a place toward which we are aimed but at which most of us will never feel we've quite arrived, then the vision becomes exclusionary.
Lionel Shriver