Columbus Short Quotes
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
Damon Galgut -
I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.
Ogden Nash -
I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.
Natalie Dormer -
I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
Natalie Imbruglia -
This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
Larry Elder -
For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
Natalie Dormer
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
Orson Welles -
The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.
Adam DeVine -
A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of that. Or else, we will waste it once more in inflation and in the inability to raise competitiveness.
Uday Kotak -
We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.
Zach Wamp -
It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.
Joanne Rowling
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But I think primarily, it's the fans that make this race.
Dan Wheldon -
Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.
Ralph W. Sockman -
I have crashed on a motorcycle that was going at 140mph, so I know what it feels like.
Rachel Kushner -
In Peru, if you gave somebody a little chance to do something, they took it to the furthest extent. They took nothing for granted. And here in L.A., you kind of get caught up in your own little dilemmas and your own little life.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
We need to make more original movies, and audiences would do well to support original movies for the future of the medium.
Edgar Wright -
The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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To me, it's not the end of the world if I end up not being with someone. I love romance. I love sex. I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.
Jerry Hall -
Bottom line: I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.
Pope Francis -
Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.
Ellen Pompeo -
I just can't relax. That's my problem.
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