Lizzie Armitstead Quotes
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
Hans Hofmann -
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
Mae Jemison -
I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
Dalai Lama -
I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
Lady Gaga -
I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
Hal Sparks -
I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
Gayle Forman
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
L. J. Smith -
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Calvin Coolidge -
In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
Iain McGilchrist -
Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
Vijay Kumar -
Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
Zoe Saldana
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
Rachel Kushner -
As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
Barbara Lee -
My wife watches me like a hawk.
Carl Icahn -
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
Yogi Berra -
You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
Rachel Joyce
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
Nathan Gamble -
Working is a great distraction technique.
Phyllis Logan -
Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.
Nelson Algren -
The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London.
Lizzie Armitstead