Eleanor Catton Quotes
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All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.
Samantha Fox -
My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
G. Willow Wilson -
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
Harold Pinter -
I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at church for goofing off all the time: mocking the preacher, imitating people and the things they did. I later learned my mother used to be just as goofy as I was when she was younger. I mean, Eddie Murphy in 'Coming to America?' My hero.
Lamorne Morris -
I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
Taylor Hanson Hanson -
I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.
Gal Gadot
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
Yoko Ono -
A well-aimed spear is worth three.
Tad Williams -
I don't look at myself as suffering.
A. J. Langer -
I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
Victor Cruz -
Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
Damon Galgut -
Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
Omari Hardwick
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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
Raf Simons -
I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
Natalie Dormer -
I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
Adam Pally -
Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
Nate Parker
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Ironically, it's easier to raise the money to make the film than it is to have the film find wide distribution.
Edward Zwick -
To imagine secret societies and conspiracy is a way not to react to the social and political life. Because you say, "We don't know who they are. We cannot react without reasoning." So it is a way to keep people far from the political environment.
Umberto Eco -
When I went to the 'Rush' audition, I was blown away by the script. I thought it was fantastic.
Daniel Bruhl -
The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
Doug Larson -
President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.
Conan O'Brien -
Money doesn't transform a person - the only thing that can is love.
Eleanor Catton