Yann Martel Quotes
I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.Yann Martel
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I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.
Landon Donovan -
I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
Nathan Fillion -
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
Zach LaVine -
The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
Nancy Friday -
I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
Tahmoh Penikett
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I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
Oliver Reed -
If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
Edie Falco -
I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
J. Cole -
Excellence always sells.
Earl Nightingale -
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
Irwin Shaw
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I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.
Daniel Cudmore -
What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
Fareed Zakaria -
Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
Calvin Klein -
Figure out who you are.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
Harold Prince -
I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.
Bas Rutten
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The key to terror, the key to terrorism, is not the act - but the fear of the act. That is why bin Laden and his deputies and his imitators are forever putting together videotaped statements and releasing virtual infomercials with dire threats and heart-stopping warnings. But why is the Republican Party imitating them? Bin Laden puts out what amounts to a commercial of fear; The Republicans put out what is unmistakable as a commercial of fear. The Republicans are paying to have the messages of bin Laden and the others broadcast into your home.
Keith Olbermann -
All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families.
Jeff Sessions -
Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us.
Paul Theroux -
I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.
Yann Martel