V. S. Pritchett Quotes
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
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I want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
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For all the challenges I've faced in my path to self-acceptance, I've also traveled it with my own set of luck and privilege.
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To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.
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Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.
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I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
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Would I advise early-stage companies against taking debt? One hundred percent yes.
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The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.
