Ben Schott Quotes
If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.Ben Schott
Quotes to Explore
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
Oliver Cromwell -
What goes for sex goes double for politics.
Kate Clinton -
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
Gabby Douglas -
In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
Pankaj Mishra -
He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
Orison Swett Marden
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
Veronica Roth -
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
Pat Conroy -
I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
Natalia Kills -
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Zig Ziglar -
We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
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I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.
Cam Newton -
A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
Kaia Gerber -
I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
Octavia E. Butler -
I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
Jack White The White Stripes -
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
Pat Metheny -
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
Questlove
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But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.
Liam Neeson -
The President is the CEO of this business that we call America.
Bill Ackman -
When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.
Adam West -
You can taste a word.
Pearl Bailey -
You practice and you get better. It's very simple.
Philip Glass -
If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.
Ben Schott