Laurie Lee Quotes

I don't know what idiocies drove me in those days, but they were naive, innocent idiocies in many ways.

Laurie Lee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 26, 1914 - May 13, 1997

Topics

MeInnocentKnowNaiveDaysMany

I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.

John Dyer

EnjoySometimesLeavingCanvasPaint

In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures.

Maya Lin

ArtArchitectureCrazyStartYou

Most people are telling me I look horrible.

Melanie Griffith

PeopleMeLookHorribleMost

I remember seeing 'Snow White' and saying to my mother, 'Will there ever be a Chocolate Brown?' She said 'Probably. Why not?' I just never thought the first black princess would be me.

Anika Noni Rose

MotherSnowMeSayingBlackThought

What nobody wants to discuss is whether or not the black-and-white argument about trade - you're either a free trader or you're a protectionist - is the right one. It's the old 19th century argument.

John Ralston Saul

FreeYouArgumentBlack-And-White

Of course cake is not bread. Is this why Americans are fat? You confuse cake with bread?

Steven Adams

CakeFatYouBreadWhyConfuse

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.

Tom Waits

SchoolListeningLearnYouWonder

Let us live no more to ourselves, but to Him who loved us, and gave Himself to die for us.

Roger Sherman

LiveLovedDieMoreHimUs

I take my responsibilities very seriously.

Roger Goodell

SeriouslyTakeResponsibilitiesVery

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.

Russell Simmons

VisionI AmPeopleMeBlessedHelp

It's not about how big or expensive a present is, it's the thought that is so nice.

Dionne Bromfield

ThoughtPresentNiceExpensiveBig

I don't like karaoke. But maybe that's why I'm so perfect for 'Lip Sync Battle,' because I get to still hear the song I love and watch the performances that I love without having to hear someone sing.

Chrissy Teigen

LoveSongBattleSomeonePerfect

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