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Boris Vian Quotes

The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: March 10, 1920 - June 23, 1959

Topics

Life Great My Life Moments Three

The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.

Football Team Game Name Ball Out

Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't do that, and that's impossible, and that's a bad choice.' You go the practicality of it. And then you come up to 'Great.' But that middle part is when you don't have results yet.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Love Great Start Impossible Face

Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road.

Yourself Road Buy Feed Even

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I'm very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish.

Great People Year Accomplish New

At this time, my work on the SPS power supplies had just come to an end; I joined a study group on the pp project and an experimental team studying cooling in a small ring (ICE).

Simon van der Meer

Work Power Time Team Small End

In Afghanistan, we have had a history of very strong women, and we need to reclaim that history and talk about it.

Women History Strong Talk Need Very

As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care.

Education Health Government City

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

Ludwig von Mises

Citizen Used Sovereignty Must Harm

We all - even at a base level, even a Republican - understand that the people with the money are the ones with the power. We all learn that.

Power Money People Learn Understand

Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong in its dying days by Thatcher in return for shutting up about the inner cities. He quite rightly in my view led the paper on this story.

Detail Story View Hong Kong Dying

You can tell the truth, but sometimes you can't always be in your face with it. I found a way to tell the truth and put it in a nice, neat package for people to receive it. A lot of times, you have to put it in a nice, neat box with a bow tie, and when they open it, it's the truth. I think people respect that.

Truth Respect People Face Think You

I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.'

Parents Me Thinking Process Church

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