Particular Quotes · Page 173

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many…

— Alberto Salazar

There is no reason why agreement on particular points should not be both possible and advantageous to the so-called neutrals and to…

— Hjalmar Branting

What surprised me about 'The Casual Vacancy' was not just how good it was, but the particular way in which it was…

— Lev Grossman

...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how…

— Arthur Rubinstein

Another factor is that in terms of the original compositions, this is our strongest year yet. Everyone wrote a fantastic piece and…

— Joshua Redman

Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?

— Herman Melville

I try not to cover Sudan from afar. I feel really uncomfortable writing about Sudan when I'm not there. It always looks…

— Rebecca Hamilton

Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in…

— April Gornik

Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith…

— Michael Rapaport

How little do the most wonderful inventions of modern times detain us. They insult nature. Every machine, or particular application, seems a…

— Henry David Thoreau

I wasn't writing stories with the intention of creating a particular collection. I simply wrote stories, and then discovered common themes among…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Since man's highest mission on earth is to spiritualize everything, it is his excrement in particular that needs it most.

— Salvador Dali

I was thrilled to be rehired for the 1919 'Follies.' Mr. Ziegfeld himself hired me. To me, that particular 'Follies' was his…

— Doris Eaton Travis

Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation…

— David Mamet

Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in…

— Michael Chertoff

My father was a boxer, though. So, I have a particular interest in Ray Mancini, I think.

— Warren Zevon

This film [ Blue is the Warmest Color] actually is the result of me talking with my producer Vincent [Maraval]. I gave…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality…

— Anthony Kennedy

... there is a particular propensity in the world for people, wherever they appear in great numbers, to permit themselves collectively everything…

— Robert Musil

I've done a lot of going back and forth with my own writing, in particular translating my English language stuff into Ukrainian…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you…

— Gary Oldman

You have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has…

— Anthony Kennedy

Imports remain a concern with the currency holding at $US0.75 cents and cost pressures persist, in particular for power and transport.

— Christofer Drew

In fact, I barely missed being number one in France in both schools. In particular I did very well in mathematical problems.

— Benoit Mandelbrot

I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then…

— Haile Gebrselassie