Aristophanes Quotes
Epops: Come let me see, what shall the name be for our city? ... Euelpides: Hence, from the clouds, and these meteoric regions, some all-swelling name. Pisthetaerus: Would you 'Cloud-cuckoo-land?' (tr. Warter 1830, p. 215)Aristophanes
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
Vidal Sassoon -
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
Abraham Maslow -
I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.
Gail Carriger -
On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
Zachary Levi
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
Mackenzie Astin -
Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
Lakhdar Brahimi -
All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
Aaliyah -
I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
R. Kelly
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
R. Kelly -
Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
Ian Smith -
The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!
Larry Williams -
Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
Barry Jenkins -
Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.
Tama Janowitz -
For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
Adam Duritz Matt Malley
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I don't really spend money like crazy. I buy what I need and what I really want, and if I'm buying expensive things I do think about the purchase many times before I buy it.
Caroline Wozniacki -
I'm street smart. You can't con me. But that's just from living in New York. Now if a guy came from Mississippi somewhere, Ohio somewhere, to New York City for the first time, he don't have the street smarts. You can take him.
J. B. Smoove -
When you have an engagement, at least in my world, the world that I create for myself, an engagement doesn't begin when you hit the stage and end when you leave the stage. It begins when you hit the city limits, and it ends when you leave the city limits.
Utah Phillips -
It is as difficult for Chinese politicians to get a real smile from the people as it is to keep the sky blue and clouds white.
Ai Weiwei -
Epops: Come let me see, what shall the name be for our city? ... Euelpides: Hence, from the clouds, and these meteoric regions, some all-swelling name. Pisthetaerus: Would you 'Cloud-cuckoo-land?' (tr. Warter 1830, p. 215)
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