Eleanor Catton Quotes
I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.Eleanor Catton
Quotes to Explore
-
One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
We can power our economy without despoiling our wild places.
Frances Beinecke -
With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
Olivier Theyskens -
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
Jacob Bronowski -
I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
Indra Nooyi -
To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
Yannick Noah
-
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
Queen Rania of Jordan -
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
Carlos Fuentes -
There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
Pamela Stephenson -
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
Warren Christopher -
It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.
Lance Armstrong -
My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
T. J. Miller
-
As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
Landon Donovan -
Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.
Kate Winslet -
I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.
Sam Rockwell -
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
Galileo Galilei -
I'm definitely more of a 'think game' kind of girl. I'll read every single dialogue and codex entry and lore entry. I really do love projecting myself and creating my character.
Felicia Day -
I like game shows.
Oscar Nunez
-
We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.
Jim Cantrell -
People would rather have art or gold instead of paper money.
Eli Broad -
In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency.
Lysander Spooner -
I'm considered the 'old daddy of adventure.'
Clive Cussler -
'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.
Buzz Aldrin -
I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.
Eleanor Catton