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Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.

Quote by Victoria Abril about pain, work

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of...

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about unforeseen, nothing

I decided that I was going to do something totally different so that nobody could say that this (new project) wasn't as good as The Guess Who. They may not like it, but I didn't want to be compared.

Quote by Randy Bachman about good, good luck

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

Quote by Kathy Acker

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as...

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about aspiration, ambition, man, vulgarity, idea

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and...

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about sex, music

For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.

Quote by Eva Herzigova about common sense

What they call jazz here is not the real stuff. Compared...

What they call jazz here is not the real stuff. Compared to the music I heard in New Orleans, it sounds like tin pans.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about music, real estate

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family.

Quote by Ashley Olsen about parents, family, need

Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with...

Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.

Quote by Francis Parkman about nature

No life can be compared to another Life unless both refer to Death! Even if a Life is different from another Life, it exists, as Life, only by referring to Death, because all other Lives it would refer to finally lead to the last referent which is...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about life, death

From the point of view of the opposabilities it is clear that the Only one and the singular in opposability appears with a minimum of two elements which is strict and unique through the fact that there can no longer be another singular...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about philosophy, infinite

A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, ...

A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.

Quote by Rupert Brooke about books, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Nothing can compare to Eastenders. It's some of the best...

Nothing can compare to Eastenders. It's some of the best literature being written in England at the moment.

Quote by David Bowie about literature, nothing, being, moment

When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet...

Quote by Francis McCourt about childhood, saints, poverty, miracle, mother, happiness, fire, fire brigade, nothing, things

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