Charles Dickens Quotes
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.Charles Dickens
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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
Yannick Noah -
Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
Adam Jones -
Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
Carlos Slim -
I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.
Laura Dern -
I think the fact that we, as writers, don't engage with resource-level questions is a symptom of our society where we just don't know where our stuff comes from.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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A million years went by quick.
Carlton Fisk -
I never thought too highly of anyone foolish enough to take on the nickname of a life-destroying dope product and promote such family-destroying conduct on stage.
Ted Nugent -
The great thing about Little League was that anyone could play it.
Keith Hernandez -
My husband doesn't listen because his mother didn't make him listen. What am I going to do, beat him? I mean: firstborn of a southern family? Firstborn boy? Please. I mean, I love him to death, but is he going to take the garbage out? No.
Carol Bartz -
Sometimes I think the family I was brought up in was 100 years out of date.
Anthony Horowitz -
When I brought 'Sex and the City' to HBO, I wanted to do something independent, where I could be like, 'I don't care if anybody watches this thing. Just let me do something that I would love to see.' Honestly, the success of 'Sex and the City' was what was most surprising to me. It was sort of like the anti-TV-show in my mind.
Darren Star
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As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift.
Lola Kirke -
Looking back, some of the happiest moments of my childhood were spent with my arm in packets of breakfast cereal, rootling around for a free gift.
Craig Brown -
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
Paulo Coelho -
The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.
Jonathan Franzen -
It's my new single - please buy it so we can get Christmas gifts for the kids this year.
Stevie Wonder -
Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
Cale Yarborough
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The closer you can get to your setting and to primary sources, the more authentic your history is going to be.
David B. Coe -
Mutt enjoyed traveling by car, but he was an unquiet passenger. He suffered from the delusion, common to dogs and small boys, that when he was looking out the right-hand side, he was probably missing something far more interesting on the left-hand side.
Farley Mowat -
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
Charles Dickens