Antony Garrett Lisi Quotes
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
Walter Kirn
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
Zhang Zhidong
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I'm sure I frustrate the trainers - in fact, I know I frustrate the trainers to no end. But I think there's a very fine line. I listen to their advice. I take their medical expertise very seriously. But then I also, the reason I am where I am, the reason I play the way I play, is because I push beyond normal.
J. J. Watt
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
Barbara Corcoran
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
Narendra Modi
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
Pat Robertson
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In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief.
Patrick Kavanagh
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
J. B. Priestley
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
Ram Kapoor
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
Fiona Shaw
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
J. R. R. Tolkien
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John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
Ralph Nader
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Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being honest.
Rachel Nichols
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When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.'
Nelsan Ellis
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For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda.
Lauryn Hill
Fugees
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It seems like a gross waste of time to continue our career predicated on the idea that we're going to divide opinion. What's more important is just doing something that you love.
Andy Biersack
Black Veil Brides
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Ninety-five per cent of my time is virtually wasted.
Antony Garrett Lisi
