Eleanor Catton Quotes
The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.Eleanor Catton
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
Victor Hugo -
Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
Ian Williams Battles -
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
Ice Cube -
My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
Sadie Jones -
It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
Yami Gautam -
I think the difference between finding happiness, or moments of happiness, is how you choose to interpret things. That's a rather shocking responsibility. That we're responsible for our own happiness. It's not those around us.
Natascha McElhone
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'Lost' seems to be the inverse of 'Air': It explores dispossession and identity by forcing a bunch of people into one invented landscape instead of using many invented landscapes to keep people apart.
G. Willow Wilson -
I would never pose topless.
Hailey Bieber -
My mission is to become part of Time Inc. and push the business forward.
Laura Lang -
I studied math, and I was terrible at it.
Yair Lapid -
Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that I've met. He's really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts.
Valerie Cruz -
My upbringing was so middle-class and repressed. It wasn't until I was placed in Lunghua that I met anyone from any other social strata. When I did, I found them colossally vital.
J. G. Ballard
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I'm not a poster boy for Conservation International. I'm a working member of the board.
Harrison Ford -
A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.
Vin Diesel -
Time and space always change, but there is something which is eternal and changeless. For example, the world and time, past or future, nothing exists for us in sleep. But we exist. Let us try to find out that which is changeless and which always exists.
Ramana Maharshi -
I was never into the powders or pills. I tried it all but didn't like that clenched-teeth feeling. I didn't like the 'I'm a palpitating rabbit and I'm gonna solve the world's problems' feeling either. I drank some beer. I'm still here.
Dan Aykroyd -
I have provided all of my work related emails.
Hillary Clinton -
Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
Ambrose Bierce
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I can't imagine ever doing anything else with my life. It's definitely a challenge but when you accomplish something it feels great!
Amanda Stott -
My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
Bernie Mac -
I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
Laura Mvula -
Football is the No. 1 sport in America.
Michael Ovitz -
I sang barber shop harmony and sort of got into performing. And it just came naturally. Then, when I was in college after the war, I did a play, Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw. And from then on, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
Harry Dean Stanton -
The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.
Eleanor Catton