I think most writers would like a quiet space, complete isolation, in which they control their own time. Spaces of creativity in… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
When I make a contribution in debates and in our public life, the House wants to hear what I say. It goes… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books,… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
Some of the greatest and most lasting effects of genuine oratory have gone forth from secluded lecture desks into the hearts of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Meditation is a bright, hopeful practice in which we learn to make our mind quiet so that the infinite, perfect light of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We all have our paths in life we are supposed to follow to find who we are supposed to be, but it's… — Kyan Douglas Copy Share Image
Nothing increases happiness like quiet time. The truth is, the only moments that make you laugh or happy are seconds of stillness. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches. Soft you… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Laughter is binary: It either happens or it doesn't. As each joke arrives in the course of a film, the cavernous space… — David Dobkin Copy Share Image
Its so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself. That's above and beyond everything else, and it's not a mental… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
When I auditioned actors I never make them act. I choose a long symphony, then I tell them to sit down and… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
“There are very few friends that will lie down with you on empty streets in the middle of the night, without a… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
The coexistence of opposites - stillness and dynamism - makes you independent... When you quietly acknowledge this exquisite coexistence of opposites, you… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Bossa nova is about how you can express yourself without being too loud. It's a quiet way of singing, almost spoken. That… — Laufey Copy Share Image
“Quiet people often have a weather sense that loud people lack. They feel the wind-changes of conversations, and shiver in the chill… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
In 'Kalank,' I am playing a character, which is quite strong, quiet a little complex yet interesting, that drew me towards the… — Aditya Roy Kapur Copy Share Image
I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And… — Emily Watson Copy Share Image
Just three minutes a day of silence is a wonderful exercise to reset your ears and to recalibrate so that you can… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Honestly, if I gave my thoughts on the match-making in the UFC, Joe Silva probably wouldn't even talk to me anymore, so… — Quinton Jackson Copy Share Image
The market-driven spectacle of war demands a culture of conformity, quiet intellectuals and a largely passive republic of consumers. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In a reality, what we should be doing is having quiet diplomacy with the Russians to convince them that it's in their… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had learnt from going to Houghton that to make a room quiet, to make it harmonious, you never wanted to have… — Nancy Lancaster Copy Share Image
Life is a journey. Perhaps we may be more or less pointed towards a general direction, but whether we pave that road… — Alex Tan Copy Share Image
We sit and talk quietly, with long lapses of silence, and I am aware of the stream that has no language, coursing… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
After a while, though the grief did not go away from us, it grew quiet. What had seemed a storm wailing through… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
My records are fairly quiet and my dj sets are really loud. And then the live shows are like a robot soul… — Moby Copy Share Image
In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, "He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
She decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way- maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Silence means they [the audience] are paying attention. Even if I drop bombs and they're dead quiet, it's still okay. If they… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
If you're making a horror film, it's very important that you have lots of quiet, suspensey, don't-know-what's-happening stuff before you get the… — Sam Neill Copy Share Image
“When I say a clever thing to people they look startled and uncomfortable. I should just like to be quiet for years… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
With a rasping cough, the vampire shakes its head. "It was you who called us. All of you, with your war. The… — Mike Mignola Copy Share Image
After I've done the salesman bit, I like to be quiet and retreat, because that's whereI write from. I'm a sort of… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
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