Variety Quotes - Page 16

• I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

  Theresa May

  Thinking, People, Politician

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.

  James McAvoy

  Nice, Opportunity, Luxury

  "Wanted: James McAvoy Interview". Interview with Patrick Kolan, www.ign.com. July 22, 2008.

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• In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.

  Freddie Mercury

  White, Black, Grew

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• My wife and I use a lot of garlic and rosemary with roast lamb. It has to be New Zealand lamb. The domestic variety is too gamy, in my experience.

  Alfred Molina

  Wife, Use, Rosemary

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• The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Soul, Finest

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• So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'

  Patton Oswalt

  Inspirational, Positive, Fear

  "Celebrity Bostonians react to bombings" by Brandon Griggs, www.cnn.com. April 16, 2013.

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• When I consider the deeper meaning of yoga, I realize it's about a lot more than simply performing a variety of postures on a mat.

  Carre Otis

  Yoga, Realizing, Posture

  "Flexibility, Inside and Out" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2012.

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• It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

  Guy Pearce

  Funny, Thinking, Elements

  Interview with Jenni Miller, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.

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• All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

  Party, Absolutism, Exception

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• The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

  Quintilian

  Mind, Body, Infinite

  Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.88, Delphi Classics

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• The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

  Quintilian

  Character, Mind, Vices

  Quintilian (1953). “The Instituto Oratoria of Quintilian”

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• Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

  Quintilian

  Life, Food, Mind

  Quintilian (1805). “Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity”, p.59

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• And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting.

  Robert Rauschenberg

  Air, Would Be, Way

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• Variety is the spice of love.

  Helen Rowland

  Love, Cute Love, Spices

  Helen Rowland (2017). “The Sayings of Mrs. Solomon”, p.68, Litres

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• Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.

  Marquis de Sade

  Powerful, Two, Lust

  marquis de Sade (1988). “Juliette”, Grove Press

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• Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

  Paul Samuelson

  Government, Two, Democracy

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• There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds.

  Carl Sandburg

  Clouds, Bird, Woods

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• The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties.

  George Saunders

  Enough, Words Love, Bits

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• Obviously neither 'American Idol' nor 'Dancing With the Stars' is a variety show in the classic sense, but the way they incorporate elements of drama, comedy and suspense is moderately ingenious.

  Tom Shales

  Stars, Drama, Idols

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• This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Appreciate, Perspective, Wealth

  President Obama Announces Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Nominee, www.washingtonpost.com. May 26, 2009.

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• By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Reading, Writing, Asking Questions

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• Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Book, Writing, Focus

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• I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

  Igor Stravinsky

  Inspirational, Music, Opportunity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In Cleveland, I'm so fortunate that we're surrounded by farms with an endless variety of beautiful vegetables. For me, I always eat very tightly with the season, even if the season is only six weeks.

  Michael Symon

  Beautiful, Vegetables, Cleveland

  "Meat Man Michael Symon Does Meatless Monday". Interview with Peggy Neu, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.

  E. O. Wilson

  Rest Of Life, Viruses, Genes

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