Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patrick Modiano

A novelist's lack of awareness of and critical distance to his own body of work is due to a phenomenon that I have noticed in myself and many others: as soon as it is written, every new book erases the last one, leaving me with the impression that I have forgotten it.

Rachel Cusk

I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.

Rachel Cusk

I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

Pierre Corneille

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

Pierce Brosnan

I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

Pierce Brosnan

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

Reese Witherspoon

But listen, I'm 29-years-old, I'm really lucky to be there and whatever happens I've been really blessed already. I have plenty of awards for this movie and if this was it for me I'd be really content.

Ryan Coogler

Even reading my first bad review was an awesome experience. It was cool because you make something and not everybody's going to like it. I felt like that kind of grew me up a little bit into a professional. I was a student filmmaker, and no one writes reviews about student films.

Malala Yousafzai

It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.

Masahiro Tanaka

I watch golf, just looking at the pros, and I'm in awe of how they play. Not one particular player - maybe all the players.

Mary Wesley

It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our travels took us to France and Italy, as well as the West Country.

We hadn't hit the ball like we could. We've done it three years with this group. (Thursday) was an awesome offensive performance.

We have the same complaint as this lady. We're well aware of the problems it causes.

We were getting an awful lot of phone calls; I must have had 15 calls myself. Some reports gave names of specific players, including big stars.

Mads Mikkelsen

Typically, I work with the script and the director for awhile before, just to make sure we're on the same page.

Tyler is such an awesome talent and I had accomplished a goal that I had worked so hard to achieve. It was a shame we were on the same side of the bracket at state. But since he was a freshman, he didn't have any state seeding points. It just worked out that way.

We want to make sure people are aware of the sacrifices that our fathers made and to keep that tradition alive.

Javier Solana

We want to make sure every member of the board of governors is aware of the importance of the decisions that are going to be taken at the extraordinary meeting.

We want to make students aware that science is universal. We have all contributed.

We want to make people aware we are not making up the loss numbers. We are not just a bunch of whiney bars owners.

We want to help customers be more aware of where they are landing online and steer clear of this phishing phenomenon out there, which unfortunately continues to grow.

We didn't start the process because of that. But we were aware of the situation there when we did review that policy.

We become aware of the problems, we tackle them quickly.

We became aware of some of the erroneous classification, and as soon as we did, we moved to correct it. We are convinced that we have corrected the errors and that's reflected in all of our filings today.

Pat Bowlen

We are meeting with the entire National Football League membership tomorrow . . . to ratify our television rights package. I am sure you are aware we expect no problems with the ratification,

We are making good progress with each of the bargaining units. The administration's top priority is good contracts with good working conditions for all our employees. We need to get through this and get on with the business of running the college. I believe people are becoming aware that we will all need to work as a team to weather the budgetary crisis.

Brian Jordan

We basically wanted people to be aware that they are going to a school with people who are not straight. This evening's event is designed to show LGBT students we have some big shoes to fill.

Aaron Neville

I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

Aamir Khan

Indian film awards lack credibility.

Rick Allen

I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it.

Robert Powell

The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.

Robin Gibb

I'd never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees' sound. I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee.

Rachel Boston

My dad is an engineer and works on green energy, so I'm very aware of what it takes to keep a modern home running and how we can simplify.