Craig Brown Quotes
Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.Craig Brown
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
Warren Spahn -
Passive violence can be as simple as someone honking their horn at you for not turning fast enough when the light changes. And it can be highly complex, like when your co-worker undermines all of your work relationships by spreading rumors and lies about you. That's how passive violence rolls.
Inga Muscio -
If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.
Natalia Vodianova -
If we're talking about guys who set the tone, you've got to go way back. But if we're talking about guys who made it possible for guys like A.J. Styles, Shawn Michaels kind of opened that door, along with Daniel Bryan.
A.J. Styles -
I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
Malala Yousafzai -
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
Samuel Beckett
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We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup.
Nate Silver -
When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Vince Gill -
Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
Vin Scully -
I don't keep secrets from my parents, really; it's pretty open.
Sam Rockwell -
I hope by the time I'm 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby.
Vanessa Hudgens -
Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you have rhythm and you love music, then play and play and play until you get to where you want to get. If you can pay the rent, great. If you can't, then you'd better be having fun.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
Nadia Comaneci -
In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.
Carl Spitteler -
The most positive men are the most credulous…
Alexander Pope -
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all. (September 5, 1995)
Hillary Clinton -
I'm constantly falling deeper in love with my wife.
Jeff Bridges -
From a branding standpoint, the show represents only a fraction of our business, and the impact you actually have on the consumer is super, super tiny. I mean, what about the pre-collection? That is just as important as the show.
Marco Bizzarri
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Treat them all the same by treating them differently.
Stephen Covey -
What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?
Thomas Wentworth Higginson -
As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.
M. Scott Peck -
I got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing. And it was so secretive I couldn't even tell BBC reception where I was going, had to pretend it was for something called Panic Moon, which is an anagram of companion.
Karen Gillan -
Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.
Craig Brown