Cyril Connolly Quotes
Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivolous: each night in my dreams I pull the scab off a wound; each day, vacuous and habit-ridden, I help it re-form.Cyril Connolly
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
Taylour Paige -
A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
Damien Hirst -
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
Carl Lewis -
The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
Katee Sackhoff -
Creating things sometimes is difficult.
Warren Littlefield -
Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
Okky Madasari
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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
Vince Gill -
One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.
Iman -
If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.
Carlos Ghosn -
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscar Wilde -
I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
Tabatha Coffey -
Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
Dan Gilbert
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
Barbara W. Tuchman -
I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
Zubin Mehta -
Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
Zubin Mehta -
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.
Barbara Boxer -
Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
Gary Allan -
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
Calamity Jane
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Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.
Aristotle -
I think I lost at least 40% of my fans when I became blond. They didn't recognize me anymore.
Valeria Mazza -
I think the cool thing about being alive in 2017 is that you can literally put out music as soon and as frequently as you want to because of streaming services.
M. Shadows -
Compare sending someone a text message and getting a love letter delivered by carrier pigeon. No contest.
Bryan Callen -
Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivolous: each night in my dreams I pull the scab off a wound; each day, vacuous and habit-ridden, I help it re-form.
Cyril Connolly