Hamish Bowles Quotes

In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.

Hamish Bowles

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DreamsDressFaceCountryPrincess

At the end of the day, who you are as a man is more important than who you are as a football player.

Andrew Whitworth

DayFootballManEnd Of The DayEnd

Autos for years seemed to give us freedom and independence, but when they create traffic jams and other problems in the parks, the experience of serenity in nature that visitors expect is seriously diminished, if not destroyed.

Michael Frome

NatureFreedomExperienceProblems

If you cook something on the show, and I don't like it, I'm going to tell you. I don't understand how you could watch any of these morning shows, and everything everybody cooks is absolutely delicious. Are you kidding me, man?

Steve Harvey

MorningManMeYouUnderstandTell

I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

Steve Jobs

ScienceBeautifulGreatSpaceWay

Looking at the world from other species' points of view is a cure for the disease of human self-importance. You suddenly realize that consciousness - which we value and we consider the crowning achievement of nature, human consciousness - is really just another set of tools for getting along in the world.

Michael Pollan

NatureAchievementValueWorldTools

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust.

Jose Rizal

GovernmentWithoutRightsMayGrant

It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straight-up-and-down little kid to a very curvaceous woman, and it was just horrifying to me.

Chaz Bono

WomanMeBodyKidLittleJust

Humans are powerless, and even in our exercise of free will, either the Universe is gonna get down with your plan, or it isn't.

Courtney A. Kemp

FreeUniversePlanExerciseDown

Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch.

Craig Kilborn

HabitBrokenNightSayingSheOut

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Colin Farrell

I AmMeIrishSaint Patrick's Day

No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially the American Irish. The availability of loss, some kind of pain, is an important part of who we are. I think my Irishness gave me that.

Brian Dennehy

PainMeThinkAmericanLossArtist

I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

Chuck Close

WorkTimeMoneyEnergyGoingOnly

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