Contained Quotes

463 quotes by 378 authors

Iâ€™ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that itâ€™s not where… — Jim Carrey
I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so… — Michelle Yeoh
I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life,… — Walton Goggins
I have long thought that his [Rupert Murdoch's] social philosophy was contained in his cartoon show, The Simpsons: all politicians and public officials are crooks,… — Conrad Black
Germany is to be contained from outside and heterogenized from the inside by influx, 'diluted' so to speak. — Joschka Fischer
Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for self-realization, subdued passions… — Aberjhani
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell… — Edmond Francois Valentin About
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a… — Alan K. Simpson
Anti-theses.- The most senile thing ever thought about man is contained in the celebrated saying 'the ego is always hateful'; the most childish is the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on us," as in… — Swami Vivekananda
She once complained that her stories were like 'birds bred in cages,' but that concentrated atmosphere, that claustrophobic hothouse of emotion, was her talent. Her… — Katie Roiphe
A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is contained… — Joe Paterno
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful.… — Elliott Smith
Two things that can never be contained? Velociraptors and zombies. — Kresley Cole
Life is not an orderly progression, self-contained like a musical scale or a quadratic equation... If one is to record one's life truthfully, one must… — Leonard Woolf
I can't convince myself that it does much good to try to challenge the everyday political delusions and dementias of Americans at large. Their contained… — Kenny Smith
My true Self is free.Â I cannot be contained. — Marcus Aurelius
Commitment and creativity cannot be captured and handcuffed. Inspiration cannot be jailed. The heart cannot be contained. — Gary Zukav
There will be more words written on Twitter in the next two years than contained in all books ever printed. — Christian Rudder
I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft… — Poppy Z. Brite

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