Anita Brookner Quotes

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

Anita Brookner

Recitation: by Male by Female

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YourselfWorldSelfishDecisionsYou

I don't follow football, but I always watch the Superbowl.

Melissa Fumero

FootballFollowAlwaysWatch

If you're one of the hundreds of thousands of people out there toiling over your unpublished manuscript, trying to make your way across that vast ocean in a bathtub, I can only say this to you: keep paddling. Well, either that or start vlogging.

John Niven

OceanPeopleStartTryingYouI Can

I'm not a master; I'm just a hard-working filmmaker. I would like everyone to see me as a friend rather than a master.

John Woo

FriendMeEveryoneMasterSeeJust

I don't think about scoring more goals than a team-mate, only to score.

Alvaro Morata

GoalsThinkMoreScoreOnlyThan

Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.

Tom Selleck

ExperienceMindFriendsYouForget

One of my favorite books is 'Man's Search for Meaning.'

Robin S. Sharma

ManSearchMeaningFavoriteBooks

I always feel I sing better if I have been playing a lot of tennis or football.

Juan Diego Florez

FootballBetterFeelTennisAlways

There's no doubt whatsoever that there's no future in capitalism. It's probably no more than 500 years old, and it's demonstrating over and over again that it is destroying the world.

Douglas Tompkins

FutureWorldCapitalismDoubtMore

I don't think I would want to do an animated movie because I've already made so many hours of animation that what's the point? I'd want something new and weird to challenge me in a different way.

Christopher McCulloch

ChallengeMeThinkWeirdNewWant

I have three wonderful children. My husband is an absolutely wonderful, perfect husband and a father, most of all.

Columba Bush

FatherChildrenHusbandPerfectMost

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

WomanBelieveGivingI BelieveMuch

This has become a bugbear of mine: the difference between geek and nerd.

Alice Eve

BecomeDifferenceGeekMineNerd

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