L. Neil Smith Quotes
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
Bebe Rexha -
A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
H. L. Mencken -
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
Campbell Scott -
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
Naomi Klein -
Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
Kaley Cuoco
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
Dagmara Dominczyk -
Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
Page McConnell -
When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god, he's so English, why did we hire him?'
Damian Lewis -
I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
Laura Harrier -
The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. -
In Hollywood, there's a network of creative executives, and when they hear something is good, it catches fire.
Patrick Whitesell
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It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
Vera Wang -
Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
Ian Rush -
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
Campbell Scott -
In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
I'd love to drive a Bugatti - something totally ridiculous but super fast.
Rachel Nichols -
I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
Patricia McCormick
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I first saw the island of Noirmoutier when I was two weeks old. I think it's probably safe to say that I didn't fully appreciate it at the time; but I grew to love it as year after year I spent holidays there at my grandparents' cottage.
Joanne Harris -
It's hard to accept the truth, especially about yourself.
Kevin Abstract -
The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
Rae Carson -
A novel and its writer are inseparable: you are your books. A play's not like that at all. 'Abandonment's not mine - it's everyone's. I wanted it to be a co-operative thing because I was tired of that anal control that I have over novels.
Kate Atkinson -
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.
Aristotle -
I'm tired of being considered property.
L. Neil Smith