Lloyd Alexander Quotes

The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.

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• I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Great
  • Success
  • Road

• Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Values
  • Emotions
  • Step

• Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!

  

  Caitlin Stasey
  • Like
  • Fan
  • Guns

• In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.

  

  L.A. Reid
  • People
  • Believe
  • Ahead

• Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • People
  • Work
  • Me

• I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Good
  • Work
  • Strong

• I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.

  

  M. Stanton Evans
  • Opinion
  • Facts
  • Students

• From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Time
  • Action
  • Beginning

• At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • History
  • Vote
  • Opinions

• I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Done
  • Proud
  • Feel

• Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Up
  • Mind

• Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

  

  M. Esther Harding
  • Beginning
  • Conflict

• Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.

  

  Aaron Yoo
  • Want
  • Dream
  • Doing

• All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.

  

  Rachel Bilson
  • Yourself
  • Try
  • Talk

• In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.

  

  Jackson Katz
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Honor

• Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Nature
  • Everything
  • Hurry

• If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?

  

  Dan Malloy
  • Good
  • Job
  • Pretty

• I've always been a bit of an outsider... I just pop up, kind of. I have a life. I have children - I have three children - and I love the craft of acting; I'm dedicated to that... that's always meant more to me than just hanging out... I've always been kind of a weirdo in that respect, but if the role is good, I'm going to do it.

  

  Ally Walker
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• I discovered that what most people call creepy, scary, and spooky, I call comfy, cozy, and home.

  

  Zachary Alexander Bagans
  • People
  • Home
  • Scary

• Which came first - the observer or the particle?

  

  Vanna Bonta

• Unfortunately being born princess doesn't autimatically make a girl graceful or confident, a fact I've lamented for most of my fourteen years

  

  E.D. Baker
  • Girl
  • Princess

• I take my faith seriously.

  

  Zachary Wayne Farro
  • Faith

• The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.

  

  Lloyd Alexander
  • Men