#best

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#after #artificial #away #bestowed #characters

People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message, because the best authors do not have obvious messages. These authors were disturbing to my students because of their perspectives on life. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#austen #authors #because #best #books

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can. ↗

— Hidetoshi Nakata

#believe #best #continue #excel #explore

We don't want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members' best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage. ↗

— David Neeleman

#away #because #best #best interests #competitive

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#best #efficiency #existing #highest #highest type

Players very widely disagree with me about what's hard and what's easy. and in a way, 'I won, but it was a fight' is the best compliment a game can receive. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#best #compliment #disagree #easy #fight

What is best and most necessary usually happens. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#happens #most #necessary #usually

There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us... and I will do my best. ↗

— Petra Nemcova

#best #both #chance #closest #feel

There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000. ↗

— Gary Neville

#beckham #been #best #brother #career

They've participated extensively in this conference and they are doing their best to help. ↗

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

#conference #doing #extensively #help #participated