Amor Towles Quotes
When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark or make money. I wasn't anxious about feeding my kids or whether my father would be proud of me.Amor Towles
Quotes to Explore
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I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.
B. B. King -
I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
Wale -
I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
Nancy Lublin -
I am actually one of those who took President Obama at his word when he first ran - that he would get us out of ill-advised wars, that he would do something about health care costs, and that he would protect civil liberties. Like many Americans, I was disappointed.
Gary Johnson -
I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
Dan Butler -
I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
Olivia De Havilland
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
Sam Graves -
I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
Kate Winslet -
I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.
Wayne Brady -
If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
Kate McKinnon -
I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.
Fiona Apple -
Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
Daniel Clowes
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
Barbara Kingsolver -
In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
My agenda is not to reassure anybody outside Lebanon.
Najib Mikati -
To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don't be discouraged that my own journey hasn't gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope.
Jack Layton -
What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.
Barbara Kruger -
People have always told me I look young for my age... and I think it's because I've always taken care of myself.
Ian Ziering
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Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.
Linda Ronstadt -
We live in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out the windows.
Fritz Perls -
There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind.
Ivor Novello -
It's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. The beat in a bop band is with the music, against it, behind it. It pushes it. It helps it. Help is the big thing. It has no continuity of beat, no steady chug-chug. Jazz has, and that's why bop is more flexible.
Charlie Parker -
There's no demand for a body of work, though writers will be criticized for not having produced one.
David Rabe -
When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark or make money. I wasn't anxious about feeding my kids or whether my father would be proud of me.
Amor Towles