Dorine Hopkins Quotes & Sayings

Someone who copies a Van Gogh does not therefore become Van Gogh, and the same would go for Mozart or anyone else who contributed something that was original. Certainly in the way that I described visualizing numbers in abstract, meaningful shapes. — Daniel Tammet

I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion, that's not helping humanity, that's organizing an army to defeat somebody. — Mojo Nixon

Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin. A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of the silent-era. What we were able to do together is to show all these major influences but make it into our own comedy. We've seen the stereotypical boy-meets-girl story a hundred thousand times. — J. Robert Spencer

I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid. — Jamie Dornan

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. — Amy Tan

I like to think of myself as being fashion-conscious without being a slave to fashion. — Frida Lyngstad

The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation. — J.M. Coetzee

Socialism is not panacea and capitalism is not entirely evil. — Girdhar Joshi

If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss gets an opportunity to play on the fresh wicket. You should always prepare the wicket as per team's strength. But a rank turner might backfire. — Kapil Dev

We don't choose our freaks, they choose us ... We may not understand why we freak on a particular food or band or sports team. We may have no conscious control over out allegiances, But they arise from our most scared fears and desires and, as such, they represent the truest expression of ourselves. — Steve Almond

Total grief is like a minefield. No knowing when one will touch the tripwire. — Sylvia Townsend Warner

Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people. — Mitt Romney