Iain Banks Quotes
I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.Iain Banks
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
Kailash Satyarthi -
For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
Madchen Amick -
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
Abraham Maslow -
A cat is never vulgar.
Carl Van Vechten -
Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
Lara Logan
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
Edmund Morgan -
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Edmund Burke -
I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.
Tamsin Egerton -
I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
Wendi McLendon-Covey -
When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
Jack Dangermond -
There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
M. F. K. Fisher
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint Augustine -
History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.
Samantha Power -
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
Yoko Ono -
The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
Dana Snyder -
You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
Naomi Judd -
People want opportunity so they can earn security.
Jack Kemp
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Reality television has borrowed so much from the world of politics, whether it's alliances or voting or the kind of strategizing that's done. Anything like that came from politics well before it came from reality television.
R. J. Cutler -
The fact is, there aren't just two sides to any issue, there's almost always a range of responses, and 'it depends' is almost always the right answer in any big question.
Linus Torvalds -
I love jezebel.com for the latest on fashion, style, and celebrity gossip. I also love gawker.com for New York celebrity sightings, and galleycat.com and trashionista.com for book news.
Meg Cabot -
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Carl Jung -
Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.
Geoffrey Beene -
I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.
Iain Banks