Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.Gabrielle Zevin
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
Karen Bender -
When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
Rachel Tucker -
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
Ioan Gruffudd -
Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
Bear Grylls -
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
Randy Pausch
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
Mac DeMarco -
I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
Yancy Butler -
I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
Zoey Deutch -
We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
Walid Jumblatt -
You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
Vanessa Williams -
Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
Ian K. Smith
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
Karl Marx -
People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
Dan Stevens -
My dad showed me loads of films when I was young, but I never thought I would be in movies. That didn't seem like a real job to me.
Maika Monroe -
My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.
Zach Roerig -
When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.
Lady Gaga -
The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
Warren Zevon
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Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.
Paul Tournier -
Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.
Nancy Kress -
I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.
Joel Osteen -
Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.
Gabrielle Zevin