Andre Aciman Quotes
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I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.
Paolo Gentiloni -
The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
Gavid Hood -
Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
Edmund Phelps -
As an American roughly the same age as Barack Obama, I will not be ridiculed or reduced to a stereotype. I want to age appropriately.
Taylor Negron -
My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.
Karl Malden -
A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.
Carlo Collodi
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We came down here for wind and sand, and we have got them.
Orville Wright -
Do you not think that if all of us come to believe in and abide by these principles, that is, monotheism, worship of God, justice, respect for the dignity of man, belief in the Last Day, we can overcome the present problems of the world
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Walter Scott -
Although the insights we can have in meditation tell us nothing about the origins of the universe, they do confirm some well-established truths about the human mind: Our conventional sense of self is an illusion; positive emotions, such as compassion and patience, are teachable skills; and the way we think directly influences our experience of the world.
Sam Harris -
It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.
Cory Doctorow -
I'm not a gay man, but I will say this: I get it now. I know what all the hype is about.
Kevin James
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Gradually he King Frederik showed me everybody was going to help me in this...it was not a terrifying thing, but a great challenge.
Margrethe II of Denmark -
The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg - eight ninths below the water line, one ninth above.
Aldous Huxley -
While Google has given away pretty much everything it has to offer - from search and maps to email and apps - this has always been part of its greater revenue model: the pennies per placement it gets for seeding the entire Google universe of search and services with ever more targeted advertising.
Douglas Rushkoff -
I feel comfortable in my skin, so it doesn't matter what I wear or how I look. Confidence is my best accessory.
Hannah Bronfman -
I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.
Donatella Versace -
With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that.
Sean Paul
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There's a lot of work that goes into it - if you think about how many collections a year that Karl Lagerfeld has to do, with Chanel and all the other things he does - you can't do that unless you are working 18 hours a day. It's really a lot of hard, hard work.
Penelope Cruz -
Normally, Finns wait for a couple of years and watch Aki's films on television. But it is as though the international reputation of 'The Man Without a Past' caused them to go and see it at the cinema.
Kati Outinen -
Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
Darryl F. Zanuck -
I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture.
Jenny Nimmo -
Consciousness is a singular for which there is no plural.
Erwin Schrodinger -
Take away our things, and something in us dies.
Andre Aciman