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C. S. Lewis quote: "I want God, not my idea of God."

I want God, not my idea of God.

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Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work. Marilyn Monroe
I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie. Ennio Morricone
Keenen Ivory Wayans quote: "I put heavy emphasis on the characters."
I put heavy emphasis on the characters. Keenen Ivory Wayans
If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then. Kirk Gibson
There have been two Geraldo Riveras through his long career. One of them was a reporter who has done some remarkable work. The other was a television show host who did what it took to get an audience. Brit Hume
Danielle Steel quote: "You could never predict what would happen. There was an..."
You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for. Danielle Steel
The people in the world, and the objects in it, and the world as a whole, are not absolute things, but on the contrary, are the phenomena of perception... If we were all alike: if we were millions of people saying do, re, mi, in unison, One poet would be enough... But we are not alone, and everything needs expounding all the time because, as people live and die, each one perceiving life and death for himself, and mostly by and in himself, there develops a curiosity about the perceptions of... Wallace Stevens
I’ve been through all this before,’ he says to his heart. “ ‘Yes, you have been through all this before,’ replies his heart. ‘But you have never been beyond it. Paulo Coelho
Jose Mourinho quote: "Money does not guarantee success."
Money does not guarantee success. Jose Mourinho
Sri Chinmoy quote: "Not what happens to you. But how you accept it. Is of..."
Not what happens to you. But how you accept it. Is of paramount importance. Sri Chinmoy
Jules Verne quote: "And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."
And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow. Jules Verne
Sandra Bullock quote: "I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going..."
I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect. Sandra Bullock
The Brinktown jail is one of the most ingenious ever propounded by civic authorities. It must be remembered that Brinktown occupies the surface of a volcanic butte, overlooking a trackless jungle of quagmire, thorn, eel-vine skiver tussock. A single road leads from city down to jungle; the prisoner is merely locked out of the city. Escape is at his option; he may flee as far through the jungle as he sees fit: the entire continent is at his disposal. But no prisoner ever ventures far from... Jack Vance
... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which really deserved a face, he had none to celebrate it with. As a kind of token, he made his Sex Life in Ancient Rome face. Kingsley Amis
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world."
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley