Doe Quotes - Page 336

Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.

An artists is someone who does something for the first time, something human, something that touches another.

For me, it's a way to find a fiction within a fiction. To find a way to uncover that blunder within the "lie," because when you look closer, every "lie" - and I say that with quotation marks - can be much more complicated. Because that is what fiction is: it's probably the least important thing in the world. It's rich, but it is put-on, it passes the time. It borrows from the world, but it does not invent it.

The machine does not teach playing flexibility, does not help in taking account of human facxtors in the battle, and on whole, strictly speaking, it restricts the possibilities for young players.

We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side.

I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that.

The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.

A hated government does not long survive.

There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer.

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.

Why does not the brain adapt to repeated exposure and become indifferent, instead of satisfied?

The thought of all that happiness was hard to bear. What's the point of happiness when all it does is throw the facts of dying into clear relief?

My wife does wish I dressed better.

Music is magic. Music does s**t that money could never do. Music unites nations and stops wars.

Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually.

As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)

And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.

I don't think anybody does anything anymore without commenting on why they're doing it or making fun of it as they're doing it.

Martial arts is the kind of action that does tie in well to the supernatural.

You don't think the losing is ever going to end, but when it does end, you get to enjoy it and keep working with it and keep getting it better, and that's where we are.

Niggy Tardust' is the voice of a generation, a generation that does not define itself simply by what it's born into.

I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written

And what about all the good I have in my heart - does it mean anything?