Anthony Burgess Quotes
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
Imelda May -
It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
Karl Kraus -
The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
Dan Quinn -
For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.
Katey Sagal -
I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
Nat Wolff
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
Ram Shriram -
As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
Ofra Strauss -
If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
Malcolm Forbes -
I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
Ralph Lauren -
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.
Irving Kirsch
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Ovid -
I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
Carl Barks -
I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
Oriana Fallaci -
Without literature my life would be miserable.
Naguib Mahfouz -
We did major work at the White House. But what people often don't understand is that when you do a historic restoration, you can't just do whatever you want. You work alongside the fine-arts commission and are obliged to create a replica of the past, as close as humanly possible. It's a historic institution, not a showhouse.
Iris Apfel -
I've always found the rain very calming.
Venus Williams
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It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.
Charles Albert Gobat -
I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.
Jason Priestley -
I think the best restaurants in America should be in California.
David Chang -
England become a feeble-lighted Moon of America…
Anthony Burgess