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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

Vladimir Nabokov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977

Topics

Nature Sea Wave Explain Whole

One thing when I started playing in the league, I saw that a lot of guys are friendly. It's OK to be friendly, especially off the court. But on the court, I want to dominate.

Want Friendly Playing Started Saw

Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

Food City Think Farmer Person Who

I get my highlights touched up with Susan Henry at Shades in Beverly Hills. She developed hypo-allergenic hair color products with no ammonia because she's allergic to others; she's an incredible colorist. She does balayage instead of the foils, and I'll go and she will do my entire head of highlights in an hour.

Jennifer Morrison

Hair Color Hair Color Go Will She

If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.

Funny Women Think You Jewish Who

I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the story; the story has picked me. I've written absolutely no fiction before 'The Immortals of Meluha.' Not even a short story in school - absolutely nothing.

School Me Believe Story Short Know

Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off.

Succeed You Become Tennis Well Off

Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around.

Robert B. Parker

Life Follow Weekends Her Social Life

I look up so much to those movies, 'Airplane!' and 'Naked Gun.' I think that stuff is so funny. I grew up just loving all that stuff and sort of idolizing Leslie Nielsen.

Funny Airplane Gun Think Look Naked

Anti-black racism is not just an Egyptian problem. It exists in many parts of the Arab world.

Racism World Problem Just Egyptian

You can never take those you love for granted, and you have to be willing to be open and really communicate with one another to make any relationship work. And that's just it: relationships take work, and they take compromise and compassion and understanding.

Work Love Relationship Compassion

What I like about music is that you make a song, you've got your ideas in it, and people make that song part of their life - they hang out with their friends to it, they get in arguments to it, they get married to it, they get divorced to it. It's in their world, and it takes on its own life.

Life Music People Ideas World Song

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

Time Myself Thinking Persona Public

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