Norman Davies Quotes

Young people have to learn in a cocoon filled with false optimism. Unlike their parents and grandparents, they grow up with very little sense of the pitiless passage of time.

Norman Davies

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TimeOptimismParentsPeopleLearn

I feel our brides are empowered women who know what they want and have a strong sense of their identity. Obviously, they love fashion and glamour.

Jenny Packham

LoveWomenIdentityFashionStrong

I'm working hard. I'm putting in the hard work. I'm sacrificing. I ain't asking for no handouts. I'm going to earn everything I'm given.

Max Holloway

WorkHard WorkWorking HardAsking

I see myself as a professional feeler.

Mia Goth

MyselfProfessionalSeeI See

For years, kids have been asking me what's the greatest superpower. I always say luck. If you're lucky, everything works. I've been lucky.

Stan Lee

MeLuckYouSayLuckyAsking

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

Condoleezza Rice

CommunityTimeNegotiationTellHigh

When I was a kid, during those days, you couldn't use instruments. It was against the pastor's religion, so all the singers would make these instruments with their voices. It was just unbelievable. I couldn't explain it.

Bobby Womack

ReligionYouKidExplainDaysJust

I'm a big, big, big Oasis fan.

Antoni Porowski

BigFanOasis

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

August Strindberg

CourageFightDogsAlwaysCowards

I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.

Alicia Keys

BeautifulMyselfCityObstaclesEdge

The young people of India will build a strong and powerful nation, a nation that is politically mature and economically strong, a nation whose people enjoy both a high quality of life as well as justice.

Pranab Mukherjee

LifeJusticeQualityPeopleStrong

Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.

Timothy Noah

LanguageMeaningMoreWordThan

Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.

Richard Roeper

TimeNew YorkThinkLongEarlyLate

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