V. S. Pritchett Quotes
Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he has always been comic for serious reasons. He has his own, almost romantic sense of propriety.V. S. Pritchett
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
Garth Ennis -
I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
Harold Brodkey -
Some on the Left can be very selective about the kinds of violence they oppose. For some of them, gun violence is a crime to be decried - unless it is committed by an 'aggrieved' victim against what they consider a corrupt institution.
Gary Bauer -
Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
Pam Ferris -
Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
My original dream was to become a singer-songwriter, so I sent a video of myself playing the piano and singing to all the big agencies.
Park Bo-gum
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I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.
Taya Kyle -
This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
Inbee Park -
I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.
Eddie Rickenbacker -
Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
Aaron Eckhart -
I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
Tavi Gevinson -
Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.
Kate Mara
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
Landon Liboiron -
If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
J. K. Simmons -
In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I would say 'American Werewolf in London' is like an unconventional buddy movie: even if the buddy dies 20 minutes in, he still remains throughout the picture, and their partnership is one of the best things in the movie.
Edgar Wright -
I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias.
Fannie Flagg -
One experiments and has to choose always the best results.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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Growing up, we used to watch a lot of 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' and wear hand-me-down jeans and jumpers. I wasn't really one for dresses.
Kimberley Nixon -
Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.
Francois Fenelon -
I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.
Albert Einstein -
I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
Felicity Jones -
It's very easy to run a good 200 m. after an appalling shot put.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he has always been comic for serious reasons. He has his own, almost romantic sense of propriety.
V. S. Pritchett