Lytton Strachey Quotes

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

Lytton Strachey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 1, 1880 - January 21, 1932

Topics

PeaceReligionBrilliantStability

'Blue Velvet' changed my life forever. It was like I'd always read Chaucer and suddenly discovered Charles Bukowski. It made me understand that there is poetry of sublime ecstasy and dark terror, and it spoke to a side of me that hadn't been reached before.

Joe Wright

LifeBluePoetryMeMy LifeDark

You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

John Irving

LegalLearnYouKnowNeedLegally

I've passed on a lot of huge-money jobs. Money doesn't enter into the decision-making. If I do a big blockbuster, it's about how big an audience you'll get and where you can take them.

Matt Damon

MoneyYouAudienceDecision-Making

I enjoy the inventive ways in which language is manipulated to make meaning.

Amitava Kumar

LanguageMeaningEnjoyMakeWays

We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction.

Stephen Jay Gould

ConstructionDriveUnderstandingOwn

The impact of the downturn is starting to feel very real. House prices and the housing market have been taking the knock for some time and that's affecting people.

Lucy Powell

TimePeopleImpactFeelHouseReal

So what if I'm sexy? You can still eat tomorrow if you see me and find me sexy. But if I steal your money, tomorrow you cannot eat, and tomorrow you cannot go to school, and tomorrow you'll be a hopeless man.

Julia Perez

MoneyManSchoolTomorrowMeSexy

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

Judy Collins

StrongerYouTellGoneSomething

My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.

Domhnall Gleeson

GoodMoviesWriteTasteGood Taste

I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love punk music. I'm also a fan of mixing vintage with some high fashion, which links back to my musical taste because I tend to mix old music with newer songs.

Chelsea Leyland

LoveMusicTimeStyleFashionThink

The more you give, the more you get - it's a cliche, but it's really true.

Christie Brinkley

YouTrueMoreGiveGetCliche

I've met so many remarkable people so far, coming up through stand-up all these years, who just aren't alive anymore. Because they are dead. Some really great people who helped change my life and career, people like Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Johnny Carson.

Bob Saget

LifeChangeGreatPeopleMy LifeUp

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