Colm Toibin Quotes
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.Colm Toibin
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
Barbara Bush -
So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
Ed Gillespie -
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
Tariq Ramadan -
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe -
Let us have peace.
Ulysses S. Grant
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
Eddie Murphy -
I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
Zoe Saldana -
When you look at someone good like J.J. Abrams who gives you the spectacle and great action set pieces but also gives you character and great story and plotting and narrative, I think it's my job - and my intention - to do both.
F. Gary Gray -
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
Ovid -
I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
Gary Oldman -
If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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There is no better high than discovery.
E. O. Wilson -
In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
Karin Slaughter -
I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.
Zoe McLellan -
I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
Dani Shapiro -
I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
Jack Reynor -
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Zig Ziglar
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I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
My life changed completely. It's crazy now. It's kind of gone from striving and wondering and being confused and being lost to just feeling like the most blessed person in the world - just happy to wake up every day, happy to get on a plane every time. Just couldn't be happier with life, really.
Becky Lynch -
I'm a big fan of working out on my own. I put my headphones on and I'm pretty good at self-motivating. At the end of the day, I enjoy it. Once I'm there and once I get going, I tend to love it, and I feel good.
Chris Evans -
People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
Gallant -
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.
Colm Toibin