Chris Riddell Quotes
The 'Chronicles of Narnia' have been favourites of mine since my childhood when I misread 'Aslan' as 'Alsatian' and was struck by the genius of naming a lion after a dog!Chris Riddell
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
Wayne Rogers -
Going to rehearsals of school plays got me out of science. It became clear what inspired me and what dampened my spirit. The only other thing I could do at school was trampolining - it didn't seem to have much future in it.
Tamsin Greig -
The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
M. H. Abrams -
It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
Tahar Rahim -
On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
Zachary Levi -
'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
Taylor Hicks
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
Raghuram Rajan -
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
Edmund Burke -
I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
Kate Middleton -
Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
Flip Wilson -
I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.
Flip Wilson -
Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
Hamza Yusuf -
I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches.
Jack Ma -
I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
Malcolm Gladwell -
In order to survive in a dangerous neighborhood, Israel has always needed to be more than tough. The country has always needed to be smart.
Ted Deutch -
I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.
Damon Hill -
We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.
Adam Cohen
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I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!
Dominic Monaghan -
If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale.
Douglas Tompkins -
It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
Fran Drescher -
We don't have titles on our business cards. No one really gets any special treatment. No one gets a corner office to put pictures of their family and their dog in.
Jay Chiat -
One of the most significant patterns established by those who were emotionally abused in childhood is based on what is called the “repetition compulsion”—an unconscious drive to repeat the same type of abusive relationship we ourselves experienced as a child in an attempt to accomplish a new outcome. The repetition compulsion compels us to transfer our longings, conflicts, and defenses from the past onto the present in an attempt to undo the past.
Beverly Engel -
The 'Chronicles of Narnia' have been favourites of mine since my childhood when I misread 'Aslan' as 'Alsatian' and was struck by the genius of naming a lion after a dog!
Chris Riddell