V. S. Pritchett Quotes
The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel.V. S. Pritchett
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
Tamara Mellon -
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Pablo Picasso -
It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
Dan Colen -
I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
Jack Kilmer -
Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
Oscar Isaac -
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
Edmund Burke
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Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.
Owen Chamberlain -
We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
Cameron Winklevoss -
There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.
Samuel Butler -
New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
Natalie Portman -
I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
Barbra Streisand
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
I was a sophomore in college, and I did an industrial video about how to use the Internet - that dates me! It was with John Turturro, somehow they had gotten John Turturro to do this thing, and I was so excited and so nervous I probably drank 10 cups of coffee that morning.
Warren Kole -
Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.
Viktor Orban -
My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas.
Kary Mullis -
My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.
Edie Falco -
Creating a believable world on the ship was very important, and technically they got better and better and better at showing the ship too.
Patrick Stewart
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In this business, you're dependent on the writer, the filmmaker, the luck of beating out who knows how many people for the part. I'm over getting torn up about that.
Boyd Holbrook -
The Hamptons remind me of my childhood vacations. I love the beach, restaurants, and produce found on the East End.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten -
I think it’s more to do with economics now. Earlier, one used to wait in queues for hours in the heat, trying to buy a ticket, to go and see Shammiji in Junglee or Dilip saheb in Ganga Jamuna. Whereas now, thanks to the video boom, one gets the stars in one’s bedroom at a snap of one’s fingers. There is no mystique left.
Amitabh Bachchan -
If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.
Jane Austen -
The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel.
V. S. Pritchett