Bill Withers Quotes
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
Umberto Eco -
Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
Pat Buchanan -
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 -
I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
Walt Mossberg -
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.
Hans Hofmann -
Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.
Camilla Belle -
Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
Fidel Castro -
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
Yogi Berra -
I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.
Francesca Annis -
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.
Barney Frank -
Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
Eden Hazard
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One day, when I was 33, I shifted. I suddenly saw acting as a higher calling. I understood that my goal was to serve the play. And I realized if an actor can make audiences' hearts resonate or make them question their values - that's an important thing to do!
Laila Robins -
I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
Zola Budd -
I like Anastacia's version of Love is Alive best.
Gary Wright -
I run all the brands like cousins. You want your cousins to do well, but you want to do better. All of our brands want to win, but we certainly want to fight fair and coordinate as much as we can behind the scenes. But to the consumer, we want to offer the broadest, most competitive set of products that we can.
Sam Yagan -
I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.
Joanna Lumley -
A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.
Jerry Saltz
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If I go on to the pitch, do things well and the fans love me and my team-mates, too, we take on that energy which can change a game.
Diego Costa -
Maybe after the war we’ll be civilized again. That’s the way it has always happened in the past.
Joe Haldeman -
I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
P. Chidambaram -
I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.
Bess Myerson -
So turn it on, turn it up, and sing a longThis is real; this is your life in a song.Yeah this is country music.
Brad Paisley -
If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.
Bill Withers