#william

I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right. ↗

— Harriet Harman

#deprive #different #everybody #going #great

I've mastered many thing's in my life. Navigating the streets of London, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying at charades, concealing a highly intoxicated state, delighting young women with my charms..." Tessa stared. "Alas," he went on, "no one has ever actually referred to me as 'the master' or 'the magister', either. More's the pity..." "Are you highly intoxicated at the moment? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#william-herondale #art

My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#father #had #hank #hank williams #ravel

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit. ↗

— Jack Levine

#hit #i #i wish #paint #painter

I think as any mother would be she was absolutely over the moon. And actually we had quite an awkward situation because I knew and I knew that William had asked my father but I didn't know if my mother knew. ↗

— Kate Middleton

#actually #any #asked #awkward #because

In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II in an insane asylum. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#confided #confine #day #days #early

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#blake #book #certainly #first #his

For me, Robbie Williams was a massive influence when I was growing up. But also Cheryl Cole. Being in her presence was intimidating, because she's so hot. ↗

— Louis Tomlinson

#because #being #cole #growing #growing up

No, I want my kids to be Tiger Woods. And Serena Williams. I dig those two. ↗

— Junior Seau

#i #kids #those #tiger #tiger woods

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian! ↗

— William Shatner

#canadian #i #i am #name #shatner