Adam Clarke Quotes

Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

Adam Clarke

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I am not at all a chocoholic. I would rather eat anchovy toast.

Joanne Harris

I AmEatWouldToastRatherAm

I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.

Jenny Eclair

BetterCompetitiveWetBeingFar

It's hard for me to feel bad when I'm writing well.

Meg Wolitzer

MeWritingFeelBadHardWell

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

Angelina Jolie

LifeHateDarknessLearnHumanity

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

Angelina Jolie

PeopleWorldHandsComplicatedHead

I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.

Stefanie Powers

FriendshipFriendRespectValueMind

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu

FightWillCannotVictoriousKnows

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

Miranda Lambert

MeTryingCareerFortunateSomething

I'm so lucky. I could be sitting at home crumbling, but I'm not.

Diana Rigg

HomeSittingLuckyCrumblingCould

Some people say I do it too much, but I'm always asking the artist questions. Sometimes - especially with new artists - you can see they're compromising in their mind. You see that look when they're listening to a vocal take and there's hesitation. And I'll be like, 'Are you sure you don't want to do this again?'

Dev Hynes

PeopleMindListeningQuestionsLook

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

Douglas Dunn

PoetryImpactYouUnderstandExpect

I went to a football game, and people were shouting my dad's name, and I was like, 'What? Oh my God.'

Brooklyn Beckham

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