Richard Holloway Quotes

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

Richard Holloway

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GodPowerGreatArtJoySimplicity

If only Tammy knew how much I really cared about her. She has nothing to do with any of this mess.

Jessica Hahn

NothingSheMessHerOnlyKnew

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

John Gay

LoveWomanFlyGrowLeavePursue

What's really great about Buddhism is its rational, informal quality. Coming from my experience of growing up a Catholic, I found Buddhism to be refreshingly easygoing and forgiving.

Matt Dillon

GreatExperienceQualityGrowing Up

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

Mercy Otis Warren

SeedsIndependenceWealthTrainKind

I didn't know how to get along with others. I didn't even know how to be in the same room with other people. Then, after a while, you learn.

Metta World Peace

PeopleLearnYouKnowOthersRoom

I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one character, and lots of side games with other characters, and another game with myself - and in each game you make all these tiny, tiny moves that get you to the endgame.

Steve Carell

CharacterMyselfGameYouLookSide

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.

Steve McQueen

CityWake UpEarthUpMiddleWould

I saw an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 'Fanny and Alexander' at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. The story is just legendary for us Danes, and it was really well done.

Sidse Babett Knudsen

TheatreStoryWell DoneDoneRoyal

I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value contemporary opera.

Robert Wilson

ValueThinkAmericaAheadOpera

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

Russell Baker

YouWorstTouristBeingWorst Thing

With 'Worst. Person. Ever.' I knew where it started and where it had to end, but I threw Raymond as many curveballs as I could along the way. He's like the coyote in the 'Road Runner' cartoons.

Douglas Coupland

RoadEndPersonWayWorstStarted

Social media for the majority of companies is not about helping customers or improving products.

Tucker Max

Social MediaMediaImprovingProducts

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