Oscar Pistorius Quotes

I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.

Oscar Pistorius

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HappyWorldPerformanceRaceLast

Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.

Jesse Eisenberg

LifeCharacterTimeImpossibleYou

There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.

John Burroughs

LaughterPrideHumanSomethingSeems

Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us.

Meghan O'Rourke

SeaBrainShipMindsMysteriousUs

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

Melanie Griffith

StrengthFearWalkBelieveI Believe

You must never call it the Shetlands. Islanders are proud and can be prickly about the name: it's either Shetland or the Shetland Islands.

Ann Cleeves

ProudNameYouNeverCallMust

Growing up, dating seemed pretty straightforward: If someone was interested in getting to know you on a romantic level, they approached, exchanged info, and proceeded to communicate with you in a consistent fashion between outings of various natures.

Amanda Seales

RomanticDatingGrowing UpFashion

Professional sports are something they can't control.

Troy Vincent

SportsControlProfessionalSomething

It's a lovely thing to be able to sing.

Luke Evans

LovelySingAbleThing

I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

David Sylvian

MusicPeopleWorldLovedBackGo

I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.

Allan Carr

HateThinkRubbishI Think

I've yet to use a cellphone, and I've never tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day's writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot, and every trip to the movies would be an event.

Pico Iyer

DayWritingSurviveLongGoMovies

I'd always had a hankering to write some old-school sword and sorcery. And there certainly are advantages to that particular form - for one thing, you're able to go all-out on the imaginative front, with a lot less concern for the usual unities of time and space and character.

Richard K. Morgan

CharacterTimeSpaceYouSwordGo

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