Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carolyn Kizer

Environmental concerns and feminism are locked together. Generally, women have closer connections to the organic nature of our lives.

Nimrat Kaur

Films are a whole new world that I'm excited to explore. But being on stage is very close to my heart; it has given me a sense of belonging. I will always try to find a way to balance both.

We are not in a good place. We should be closer now. There should be more progress. And I can't stand here and say that I am comfortable with the negotiations as they stand at this instant.

We are not in a good place. We should be closer now.

Kurt Vonnegut

Actually, to be an effective person politically in this country, I think you have to be thirty or over, and also you have to be rich, well-placed, you have to be close to power. And I don't think that young people, because they look young, can do much, as I think they are counterproductive.

Kurt Vonnegut

I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.

Kelly Ripa

When I get close to crossing that line or when I go over it, I get 'the look' from Regis,

We have looked at a lot of players on trial an it is our intention to sign a new forward before the close of the transfer window.

We have linked this gastrointestinal outbreak to the Sprayground attraction, and it has been closed down for the year.

We have let a few close ones slip us by in recent weeks and I though we closely that game out pretty strongly.

Vladimir Kramnik

You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!

Ira Sachs

I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years.

Ira Glass

Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such a great radio talent. People on his show are actually speaking to each other. You might not like what they're saying, but they're real conversations.

Ira Glass

Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.

Bob Ney

I have worked closely with many of our county commissioners, mayors, local transportation officials, and others to determine project needs in the 18th District, and they deserve a great deal of thanks for today's victory on the House floor.

Today we are no closer (to an agreement). What we're dealing with here is an election campaign.

Steven Pinker

We know about every massacre that has taken place close to the present, but the ones in the distant past are like trees falling in the forest with no one to hear them.

George Hickenlooper

I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives.

Sinead O'Connor

I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead O'Connor.

Tyler Hamilton

If you look at my career, I kind of got progressively better and better and better. I came closer to the top.

Tyler, The Creator

I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fine. My close friends are fine. They don't have to worry about anything ever again.

We'd like to have played better in the second game (12-4 loss), but we'll take a split. Winning the first game today makes it a little easier as far as getting in the playoffs. It's one win closer to getting in the (Region XIV) tournament.

We definitely kept it close with our defense. We pitched well, our outfield played the wind great, and we made some great plays in the infield also.

John McDonald

We're not very close to doing that at all. I don't know how we can do it. I don't see it happening with the cost of running a house and the cost of his care. Our friends and family members have helped us out a lot.

We are right about where we thought we would be. The five games we won, it's been by a double-figure margin. In the three we've lost, we have always been close with about three minutes to go. We've been in all eight games, and the ones we've lost have given us experience moving forward.

To be that close to the horse thundering past you and jumping those impressive-looking obstacles ... it can be exciting. Dare I say it, even thrilling.

Yehuda Berg

Darkness is the only path to light. It is not our wonderful gifts that make us closer to God: it's using our garbage to transform ourselves. This is the key that unlocks the door that opens to God.

Thomas Friedman

There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.

Yuri Milner

We monitor close to 50 companies globally that can be potential investment opportunities. I'd like to see DST as a significant global investment company in the Internet arena.

Vanessa Hudgens

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

Billy Graham

It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.

Will Estes

It's real time intensive so there's not much time for goofing around, but we are really close and we have a good time with each other. It's a great group.

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