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Works of imagination should be written in very plain...

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about art, language, imagination

Works inspires me.

Works inspires me.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about work

Life is pretty simple: you do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

Quote by Leonardo da Vinci about life

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of...

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about confession, beginning, good, good luck

The incredible suffering of the people of Tibet works...

The incredible suffering of the people of Tibet works symbolically, but also works in a very fundamental way.

Quote by Richard Gere about suffering, people

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about philosophy, genius, talent, life

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery...

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery works, are essential both for its effect and its duration.

Quote by Charles Babbage about essential

Magic works differently for every author who's written...

Magic works differently for every author who's written for the series.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about magic

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Quote by Francis Bacon about merit, public, man

I think what actually works best is local-level...

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

Quote by John Abizaid about leadership

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about philosophy, human imperfections, spirit, things, life

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they...

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, old, olderness, people

I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing.

Quote by Derek Bailey about music, being

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But...

The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

Quote by Scott Adams about numbers, god

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

Quote by Gerry Adams about good, good luck

Time works against you in this kind of career - there's someone sitting on the bench who's a little better, a little faster. If you do take care of your voice, and you have the good fortune of having enough success for a certain period of time,...

Quote by Michael Bolton about wealth, voice, career, time, good, good luck, love

Time works against you in this kind of career. There'...

Time works against you in this kind of career. There' someone sitting on the bench who's a little better, a little faster.

Quote by Michael Bolton about career, time

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But...

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

Quote by John Bradshaw

Every man is the son of his own works.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

Quote by Jane Austen about woman, man

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