Anthony Burgess Quotes
From ancient drains and sewers of the language (maritime inns and brothels…), from scrawls in the catacombs…whoremasters’ chapbooks…the vocabulary of tavern brawlsAnthony Burgess
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I never – you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Mahatma Gandhi -
What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currency manipulator. They actively intervene every single day to keep the value of their currency less than it would be against the dollar than if it floated freely. We think. Even China barely disputes that.
Adam Davidson -
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
Ian Mckellen -
To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.
Og Mandino -
I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
Eden Sher
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
Rachel Sklar -
I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.
Farooq Abdullah -
I just like being on stage and making people happy.
Madison Pettis -
I was good at math, math was my thing - but I was not nearly good enough to be an astrophysicist. I was way outta my league. I realized this very quickly.
Sam Trammell -
You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
Barbara Bush -
A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. On Winter they will not exist. One is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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The only true vision comes not from God but from the inmost recesses of the human mind.
Orson Scott Card -
It's time to start believing - Oh yes.Believing who you are: You are a shining star.
Lionel Richie -
As anyone who has the slightest knowledge of my work knows, I have little in common with Larkin, who was tall, taciturn and thin-on-top, and unlike him I laugh, nay, sneer, in the face of death. I will concede one point: we are both lesbian poets.
Carol Ann Duffy -
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
Mason Cooley -
The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues - and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns.
Claire McCaskill -
Giving back has definitely kept me grounded. Stepping outside of yourself to serve a group or community of people who are in need in some facet has a way of doing that. I don't ever want to grow to a place where giving back becomes a foreign concept.
Karen Civil
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I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.
Clive Owen -
Lifetime is television for women. Yet for some reason, there's always a woman getting beaten on that channel. "In a Lifetime original, Meredith Baxter-Berney gets beaten with a rod. In a Lifetime original, Rod."
Jim Gaffigan -
I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
Kate Williams -
From ancient drains and sewers of the language (maritime inns and brothels…), from scrawls in the catacombs…whoremasters’ chapbooks…the vocabulary of tavern brawls
Anthony Burgess