Woburn Quotes & Sayings

Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch. — Gina Barreca

I'm the luckiest man alive, this is the best day of my life. — George Strait

If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA. — Bernard Arnault

When you put all these truths in the gospel together, you realize that the most offensive and countercultural claim in Christianity is not what Christians believe about homosexuality or abortion, marriage or religious liberty. Instead, the most offensive claim in Christianity is that God is the Creator, Owner, and Judge of every person on the planet. — David Platt

Sex in general, for me, is a lot of different aspects of humanity, not just my relationships. It's my relationship to myself and my body. — Margaret Cho

There will be as much deceit and criminality in the world as there is lack of art. — Rudolf Steiner

I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm series are real historical characters, everything had to be authentic. I researched Woburn Abbey, where my heroine lived, and everything about Barons Court in Ireland, which was the ancestral home of Abercorn. — Virginia Henley

if you wanted something done, it was never a good idea to rely on others. Others were never as committed to achieving your goals as you were. — Terry Brooks

I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. — Marilyn Monroe

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet. — Jamaica Kincaid

I think you're in love,' she said. And with a sort of shock, Nickie realized it was true. She had definitely fallen in love with Otis. This was being in love, wasn't it? Looking forward to seeing him every day, feeling like a hole was ripped in her heart when he was gone, jumping for joy when he came back, not minding if he smelled bad, wanting to take care of him? Surely it was being in love. It was true that she hadn't fallen in love with...the obvious candidate. She'd fallen in love with a dog instead of a person. But that didn't matter. It was still love. She'd apply it to a person later on. — Jean Duprat

In life, nothing is impossible to achieve when you have enthusiasm, optimism, confidence, and commitment. — Debasish Mridha

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before. — Vikram Seth

An ugly woman that honors you is better than a beautiful woman that dishonors you". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

I think the more web video there is, the more press you'll get, as well as all the people who want to tell stories that haven't been told before but can't do that on TV because different stories are a risk. — Felicia Day

We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up. — Malcolm Gladwell