J. Maarten Troost Quotes

I have been called many things in my life, but if there has been but one constant, one barb, one arrow flung my way time after time, it is the accusation that I am, in essence, nothing more than an escapist. Apparently this is bad, suspect, possibly even un-American.

J. Maarten Troost

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: 1969

Topics

LifeTimeI AmMy LifeBadNothing

August is the month of the high-sailing hawks. The hen hawk is the most noticeable. He likes the haze and calm of these long, warm days. He is a bird of leisure and seems always at his ease. How beautiful and majestic are his movements!

John Burroughs

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In 1967, I had formed a collaboration with Hermann Eggerer, then of Muenchen, and together, we solved the problem of the 'asymmetric methyl group' and applied the solution in some of the many ways that have proved possible.

John Cornforth

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We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live.

Matthew Ramsey

LoveLiveBandAlwaysPlayingBeen

You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will come from it.

Michael Leunig

GrowthCrazyWishYouHardshipWill

I always have shoe trouble.

Jourdan Dunn

TroubleShoeAlways

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

Josh Hartnett

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I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.

Johnny Vegas

FeelDramaSeriousMy OwnAlways

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.

Cliff Martinez

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No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

Arthur Erickson

ThoughtRevealEverUnexpectedly

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

Annie Besant

HappinessPromotionMoralityTrue

The biggest challenge is the chaos of parenthood, which has honestly been such a welcome challenge - bring it on, I say!

Anna Silk

ChallengeWelcomeChaosSayBring

One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about.

Wole Soyinka

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