Upton Sinclair Quotes
All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.Upton Sinclair
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Ozzy has dyslexia.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
J. J. Abrams -
I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
Tamsin Greig -
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
Lafcadio Hearn -
Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
Victoria Pendleton
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
Rachel Dratch -
I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
Carl Icahn -
It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
Laila Robins -
I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
G. Willow Wilson -
I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
Pamela Anderson -
Many men start being friendly with women because they are trying to seduce them. I'm not trying to seduce them. I just like hanging out with them.
Salman Rushdie
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Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
Fiona Shaw -
You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
Tatyana Ali -
The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
Bar Refaeli -
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
C. S. Lewis
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We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.
Bo Derek -
It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.
Joanne Rowling -
One of my goals is definitely to motivate the youth towards sports. Whether it's arts or academics, I just want to let them know that anything is possible. To think that I grew up as a WWE fan and now I'm a WWE champion proves that through hard work anything really is possible.
Jinder Mahal -
I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
Sam Smith -
People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk about it.'
Jane Asher -
All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.
Upton Sinclair