“ Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's. ”
- James Reston- Copy
- 1.9K
“ One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague. ”
- Robert Burton- Copy
- 929
“ Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star. Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work. ”
- Kim Novak- Copy
- 519
“ I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke. ”
- Spike Milligan- Copy
- 3.8K
“ It's like a candy store for an illustrator, I connected with Harry pretty quickly and loved the way J.K. described everything; she's such a visually thinking person. You can't pass that up. ”
- Mary Grandpre- Copy
- 712
“ In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown. ”
- Mary Grandpre- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Going to call him William? What kind of name is that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry's called William. Why don't they call him Bill. ”
- Samuel Goldwyn- Copy
- 3.6K
“ It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ”
- J. K. Rowling- Copy
- 791
“ I think Harry and jazz go together for a lot of reasons. For the most part, he listens to artists who had to struggle to make their music, whether because of their personal demons and ills or those of society. They had to fight to make their music, and that is the bridge to Harry… ”
- Michael Connelly- Copy
- 117
“ I'd played for Notts Forrest for seven games and I'd played well against top Premier teams, so I knew I could still play at the highest level. I got a call from Harry Redknap, and he asked me to come to West Ham. He wanted me to play with Rio Ferdinand, and guide him along… ”
- Richard Gough- Copy
- 351
“ Harry can paint but I can't. He has our father's talent while I, on the other hand, am about the biggest idiot on a piece of canvas. I did do a couple of drawings at Eton which were put on display. Teachers thought they were examples of modern art, but in fact, I was just trying to paint a house! ”
- Prince William- Copy
- 575
“ Really, everybody sometimes will think about Christmas, Christmases past, like it was a Currier & Ives print, you know, the candle in the window, the snow on the sill, and isn't this wonderful? But the truth was Uncle Harry got drunk, the kids were fighting over the toys, there wasn't enough money, you overate. ”
- Phil McGraw- Copy
- 2K
“ LL.D. Letters indicating the degree Legumptionorum Doctor, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast upon this derivation by the fact that the title was formerly LL.d., and conferred only upon gentlemen distinguished for their wealth… ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Hollywood chooses to be in touch with an America of its own choosing. The studios earn most of their big bucks in ways that have little to do with theater box office or the telling of a good story… That's why so many movies appeal to a comic book or fairy-tale mentality, relying on cartoon characters and digitalized drama… ”
- Suzanne Fields- Copy
- 3.2K
“ What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. ”
- Michael Connelly- Copy
- 983
“ I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. ”
- Michael Connelly- Copy
- 1.4K
“ I knew as I was writing City of Bones that this had to be the end of him as a cop and possibly even a character. But the bottom-line feeling when I was finished with that novel was that there was more I could do with Harry, things that would keep me plugged in and interested. ”
- Michael Connelly- Copy
- 3.8K
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