Winifred Holtby Quotes

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

Winifred Holtby

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 23, 1898 - September 29, 1935

Topics

DoingWorthThingsMostWants

I feel I'm entitled to my opinion, right or wrong.

Jimmie Johnson

OpinionFeelWrongRightI Feel

To be human is to be visible.

Amy Sherald

HumanVisible

The women I see are very brave women, very strong women, women that are facing a lot of challenges and yet are up to the challenges and are making a very big effort. So I don't see why one of them cannot become a president - one day.

Rula Ghani

WomenDayEffortBraveChallenges

Black isn't something I became after a car crash that I've been dealing with ever since. I'd like the colour of my skin to not be a factor in my life at all.

Michaela Coel

LifeSadClassWriteWorkingShow

Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

GreatPerfectionStartKeyLearn

I interned with Marc Jacobs in college, then worked at J. Crew. I learned a lot about how to fit clothes and what kinds of things sell and why.

Chris Benz

CollegeClothesWhyThingsSellFit

If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film makers - I think we would see quite an explosion of African films on the world scene.

Wole Soyinka

WorldThinkOverSeeUsedFilm

Just as you can identify eras of fashion by glancing at a piece of vintage clothing, logos create and follow trends over time.

Peleg Top

TimeFashionVintageYouCreate

Growing up, books were my lifeline, and I owe a debt to those writers that can never be repaid. They saved my sanity and gave me a world I could escape to. If I can pay that forward to another person, that's all I ask.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

MeGrowing UpWorldForwardI Can

I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again.

Scott Coker

TimeCoolThinkRiseBoxingBecause

I live in L.A., and whenever I get together with anybody to write, everybody is obsessed and fearful and wants to write a hit for everyone else. They wanna write a hit for Rihanna; they wanna write a hit for Katy Perry.

Nuno Bettencourt

LiveTogetherGet TogetherWriteGet

Whenever we tell the truth, nobody believes us. We lie, and people take it as etched-in-stone fact.

Rick Nielsen

TruthLiePeopleNobodyTellTake

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