Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
Walter Lippmann -
There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
Frances O'Grady -
I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
Maajid Nawaz -
'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
Fede Alvarez -
Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
Tamsin Greig -
The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.
Ilan Stavans
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
Ziyi Zhang -
I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
Patrick Wilson -
I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.
Kate Winslet -
I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Events are not a matter of chance.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
Laura Dern -
We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
Camilo Villegas -
In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
Iris Apfel -
So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left.
Yani Tseng -
I've done sexual stuff before - onstage, which is even more emotionally difficult. With a TV crew around, you are stopping and starting; it becomes really technical. It's not erotic at all.
Randy Harrison -
A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.
Garrison Keillor
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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.
Eva Green -
I must be mad, or very tired, When the curve of a blue bay beyond a railroad track Is shrill and sweet to me like the sudden springing of a tune, And the sight of a white church above thin trees in a city square Amazes my eyes as though it were the Parthenon.
Amy Lowell -
I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad.
William Boyd -
Getting to wear beautiful fashion is the most fun part of the job that has nothing to do with the job.
Christina Hendricks -
All evil stems from this-that we do. Know how to handle your solitude.
Blaise Pascal -
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
Adlai E. Stevenson