Arthur Laurents Quotes

That was all and it was enough for me: fantasies are better left fantasies.

Arthur Laurents

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• I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • Fashion
  • Model
  • Week

• I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.

  

  Karla Souza
  • Night
  • Born
  • Owl

• Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Future
  • Now
  • Saying

• I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign.

  

  Park Geun-hye
  • People
  • Never
  • Forget

• Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Different
  • Today
  • Intelligence

• The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Heart
  • New
  • New York

• Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Know
  • Plans
  • Production

• There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • World
  • Men
  • Inevitable

• January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government.

  

  Dana Rohrabacher
  • People
  • World
  • Society

• We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Law
  • Government
  • Rule Of Law

• I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • May
  • Movies
  • Old

• Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Together
  • Control
  • Government

• I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

  

  Rachel Brosnahan
  • Need
  • Stage
  • Fix

• Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse.

  

  Carl Honore
  • Water
  • Band
  • Fighting

• We never take people seriously when they are alive, but once they are gone, we always think that we should have treated them better.

  

  Vijay Sethupathi
  • People
  • Think
  • Better

• You often see in Washington those who disagree you described as stupid or evil. It's one of the most unfortunate trends of modern political discourse. Portraying opponents as too dumb to know the truth but smart enough and wanting people to suffer.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Truth
  • Political

• My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.

  

  Hanif Kureishi
  • Family
  • Job
  • Father

• I knew as well as anyone that the priests taught what they wanted us to know, not necessarily what was true. And sometimes even when they told the truth, they got it wrong.

  

  N. K. Jemisin
  • Truth
  • True

• HMS Surprise (1973)

  

  Patrick O'Brian

• At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next.

  

  Brad Pitt
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Crazy

• Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.

  

  Mac Miller
  • Life
  • Question
  • Cool

• 'True Lies' reinvented me in the eyes of a new generation and got me offers.

  

  Art Malik
  • True
  • Eyes
  • Lies

• And if one day,' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if you feel bad for being so angry at me that you couldn't even speak to me, then you have to know, Conor, you have to that is was okay. It was okay. That I knew. I know, okay? I know everything you need to tell me without you having to say it out loud.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • She
  • Bad
  • Angry

• That was all and it was enough for me: fantasies are better left fantasies.

  

  Arthur Laurents