T. E. Lawrence Quotes

Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them.

T. E. Lawrence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935

Topics

WarWinBetterHelpHandsYou

When you read something in script form, there are some subtleties that stand out with far greater gravitas than sometimes what you see on screen.

Joe Anderson

StandYouSometimesSeeOutScreen

Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and children.

Michael Douglas

LifeFatherWomenChildrenPeople

I worked on 'Sarah Connor' even longer than 'Firefly.' And I always remembered how generous everyone was to me when I didn't know what to do, and I didn't know the rules, and I didn't know camera angles, and I didn't know lighting.

Summer Glau

MeCameraRulesKnowAlwaysAngles

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

Tryon Edwards

PeopleBetterLookNeverImprove

There is no such thing as 'getting' a guy, house and kids. There is only surrendering to them.

Tracy McMillan

HouseGuyOnlyKidsThemThing

Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today's starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses.

Rita Hayworth

StarsTodayBetterResultDressed

I meditate an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening. Once a year I go away for a long retreat. And overall, I just feel more comfortable in my own skin and less anxious, less sad, less fearful.

Rivers Cuomo

MorningSadEveningFeelYearSkin

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Robin Gibb

LookingNowInspirationEveryone

Relax. I am not the man I am portrayed to be by some.

Rodrigo Duterte

ManI AmRelaxSomePortrayedAm

I lost over 100 pounds, so I'm even angrier than ever. I don't stuff my feelings anymore with food. Skinny girls are funny.

Lisa Lampanelli

FunnyFoodFeelingsLostOverStuff

I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life.

Joss Whedon

LifeGreatSchoolHigh SchoolHigh

I think the cool thing about snowboarding is that everyone has their own style.

Chloe Kim

StyleCoolThinkSnowboardingOwn

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