My projects have typically taken a long time to complete. Buildings might take on average about five to seven years to finish,… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
How women dressed every single day back in those days is seen as kind of incredible - it must have taken so… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
The member of a culture ... purposely avoids the relationship of intimacy; he wants the object somehow depicted and fictionalized. ... He… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to… — Jack Dee Copy Share Image
Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Once you get everything out of your head about what everybody else is going to think, will radio play it - and… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
And the look on her face as she opened the door Was like an old joke told by a friend. It'd taken… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I've even taken a stab at writing some… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
It can be stolen, but never bought. It can be given, but never taken. It can be stepped on, but cannot walk… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot… — Confucius Copy Share Image
For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
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When you see a tumour in the brain, it's an ugly looking thing. It's kind of black, grisly and messy. Or it… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The man who has successfully solved the problem of his relations with the two worlds of data and symbols is a man… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I believe gelato is meant to be treated as medicine and taken daily as a prescription. — Betsy Brandt Copy Share Image
The number of different aspects that the face of a man has assumed may be taken almost as a physiognomical measure of… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
