Mesajlar What Country Quotes & Sayings

For the most part I pick movies based on the merit of the script, and the merit of the script only. — Amber Heard

The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case. — Howard Nemerov

Quote of the day: Quote of the day: We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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Henry James (1843 - 1916) — Henry James

Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things. — Aristotle.

A nation without means of reform is without means of survival. — Edmund Burke

I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me. — Emily Watson

I am definitely quick to adapt. I am not scared to come into a new environment. — Dasha Zhukova

I usually don't know how to fight hard for roles. I've certainly sent a passionate letter or two ... which always leads nowhere. — Lizzy Caplan

People who graduate are more resilient financially, and they weather economic downturns better than people who don't graduate. And, throughout their lives, people who graduate are more likely to be economically secure, more likely to be healthy, and more likely to live longer. Face it: A college degree puts a lot in your corner. — Elizabeth Warren

Hold fast to life and youth. — Elizabeth Arden

You came and I was crazy for you
and you cooled my mind that burned with longing — Sappho

Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward. — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Out of all of the sects in the world, we notice an uncanny coincidence: the overwhelming majority just happen to choose the one that their parents belong to. Not the sect that has the best evidence in its favour, the best miracles, the best moral code, the best cathedral, the best stained glass, the best music: when it comes to choosing from the smorgasbord of available religions, their potential virtues seem to count for nothing, compared to the matter of heredity. This is an unmistakable fact; nobody could seriously deny it. Yet people with full knowledge of the arbitrary nature of this heredity, somehow manage to go on believing in their religion, often with such fanaticism that they are prepared to murder people who follow a different one. — Richard Dawkins

Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are. — Alice Munro

I always knew that it was going to be an uphill climb to replace Letterman from complete obscurity with no experience, but I think I had to go through it to know exactly what a titanic effort that was going to be. — Conan O'Brien