Cyril Connolly Quotes
Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy.
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In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.
Imran Amed
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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.
Ian Anderson
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
Karen Kain
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
Gavin Rossdale Bush
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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I'm from working-class, blue-collar America, and I don't believe that people in that socioeconomic strata wait until they're 40 to have children.
Frances McDormand
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I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
Ian Mckellen
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
Cameron van der Burgh
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
Nate Diaz
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
Iris Chang
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
Yael Grobglas
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
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It's kind of fun to be sexy.
Tea Leoni
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
Laura Mvula
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
Laura Bell Bundy
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Stronger families. Stronger communities. A stronger America. It is this kind of prosperity - broad, shared, built on a thriving middle class - that has always been the source of our progress at home. It’s also the foundation of our power and influence throughout the world.
Barack Obama
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Dan Rather pulling on a sweater and thereby winning a whole new chunk of the populace: That's television. President Reagan's press conferences: That's television. Keith Jackson is television. So are Kermit the Frog, instant replay, and the Fiesta Bowl.
Frank Deford
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All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.
Sophocles
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Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.
Thomas Sowell
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Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy.
Cyril Connolly