Lydia Davis Quotes
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
Lady Gaga -
Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
Taylor Sheridan -
People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
Nadia Comaneci -
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
Ian McShane -
In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
Warren Farrell -
We are in favor of greater free markets.
Ed Gillespie
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
Harland Williams -
A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
Wayne Huizenga -
When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
Tanya Tucker -
Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.
Barry Eisler -
Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
Yancy Butler
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
Larry Brown -
I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
Jack Lowden -
I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
Dan Fogelberg -
I love working in New York.
Ian Mckellen -
I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
Kate Micucci -
I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.
Wendy E. Long
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Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Dale Carnegie -
Fear makes us do things we would otherwise never agree to do, and people can be emotionally manipulated into believing something during times of great stress and tragedy.
Alexandra Bracken -
Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs.
Corrine Brown -
My best actress of all time is Kate Winslet. I want to be just like her. 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' is one of my favourite films.
Maria Valverde -
I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.
Elia Kazan -
I see people sometimes who remind me of my narrators.
Lydia Davis