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Selma Lagerlof Quotes

Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder.

Selma Lagerlof

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: swedish
Birth: November 20, 1858 - March 16, 1940

Topics

Night Long Dark Train Sometimes

I'm always thinking about what a black lady would think about what I'm doing, just because I feel like they have such great taste, mostly because as black women, we've spent a lot of time downloading what a white male narrative is, so in my head, I'm like, 'If a black woman likes it, if she responds to it, then it's probably pretty damn great.'

Jessica Williams

Women Great Time Woman Thinking

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

Joan Crawford

Girl Door You Look Go Want

The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country.

Michael Chertoff

Money New York City Country New Up

In a capitalistic society, success is determined by whether you can pay the bills.

Roger Ailes

Television Gimmick

On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.

Ron Rash

Character Focus Words Ending Story

There are many critics who invite me on their show, and I have told them that when my film releases, you will give it one-and-a-half star rating. That's fine. There's no issue because stars will matter when I'm planning to open a five star hotel. When I'm making films, I don't need stars.

Rohit Shetty

Stars Me Planning Hotel You Matter

Prayer reminds me it's not just about me. It's about all the people with whom I share this planet, and all of whom God has created, and all of whom he cares just as much about as he cares about me.

Mike Huckabee

God Prayer People Me Planet Share

Cub Swanson was the first to talk a lot on fight week in the WEC, and I got there and ran through him.

Jose Aldo

Fight Week Talk First Him Through

Some people are fighting much, much more important battles and much bigger battles, and if we get the chance to put a smile on their face for ten seconds, it's so worth it.

Dolph Ziggler

Smile People Chance Face Fighting

As we get sucked more and more into the technosphere, we become less and less capable of understanding it because it becomes a technological milieu that we're in.

Douglas Tompkins

Understanding Become More Capable

Theater was definitely part of my roots. My father would take me to plays, and then my mother was always on the lookout for other talent and taking me to see plays. I saw Frank Langella in 'Dracula'... Great, great performances. I was a theater rat, hanging out backstage.

Christian Slater

Father Mother Great Talent Me Roots

People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.

Bobby Riggs

People Me Said Fair Beat Square