Figures Quotes

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such… — Robert Frost
I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the… — Stephen Fry
Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's… — Kenny G
I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal… — Lady Gaga
I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten. — Henry Louis Gates
I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried. — Robin Gibb
Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment… — Laurieann Gibson
Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Have you heard a single national figure tell you all of the crises of the recent past are not economic, they're cultural? — Newt Gingrich
I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the… — Ellie Goulding
I got a random tattoo the other day. It's a red triangle, which makes everyone think I'm arty, which I'm not. I used to draw… — Ellie Goulding
I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something… — Amy Grant
Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn't believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn't prove a… — Alan Greenspan
When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them. — Wayne Gretzky
On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny.… — Matt Groening
I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me something to assemble,… — Dave Grohl
When I was 26, 27 years old I was running a kitchen in New York, and I was a raving lunatic. The older you get,… — Tom Colicchio
My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be… — Joan Collins
I don't understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I'm amazed what people come up with when they look at them. There's one of a… — Billy Connolly
I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'New York Times,' constantly as… — Barbara Corcoran

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