Lois McMaster Quotes

How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?

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• I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Done
  • Hair
  • Often

• The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Opportunities
  • Become
  • Rally

• Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

  

  Ian Botham
  • Time
  • Good
  • Light

• A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

  

  Gary Becker
  • Chinese
  • Stronger
  • Lead

• Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • Band
  • Thought
  • Years

• I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.

  

  Raf Simons
  • She
  • Way
  • Fashion

• I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Girl

• Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Earth
  • Energy
  • Oil

• As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.

  

  Jacob Epstein
  • Great
  • Serious
  • Child

• My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Up
  • Help
  • Support

• Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Happy
  • Myself
  • Frame

• I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.

  

  Bebe Neuwirth
  • Training
  • Jew

• I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Never
  • First
  • Be The First

• It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Children
  • Future
  • Parents

• History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • History
  • Never
  • Go

• I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Relationship
  • Myself
  • Drama

• I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr as a real player is exciting. I think Pinterest has proved to be a major player. It's fun to see Instagram become a major player. It's fun to watch things like SnapChat, and Vine, try to vie to be the next thing.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Real
  • Fun
  • Player

• Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Work
  • Recognition
  • Worthy

• Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.

  

  Lily Cole
  • Family
  • Heart
  • Done

• Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God.

  

  Isaac of Nineveh
  • Love
  • Prayer
  • Patient

• I had really wanted adventure. At the time that I ran away, lots of kids ran away from home. It was something of a social phenomenon.

  

  Mary Gaitskill
  • Time
  • Home
  • Kids

• I love wrestling, and I love the entertainment aspect of wrestling, but the rest of my life, I just want to be able to live and enjoy my life. I don't want to be living it essentially for other people's entertainment.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • People
  • Life
  • Enjoy

• I like to follow the training session with my voice. To call at them and explain my reasons and my ideas of football. It's important to make them understand: when to move, to time it right, not wrong - the right movement.

  

  Antonio Conte
  • Time
  • Important
  • Football

• How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?

  

  Lois McMaster
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  • Young
  • Events