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Concealed talent brings no reputation.

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• And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.

  

  Bai Ling
  • People
  • Live
  • Dream

• I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • Girl

• There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Work
  • Hope
  • Rules

• I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Time
  • Well
  • My Time

• I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Remember

• Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • World
  • Good
  • Hearing

• I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

  

  Abby Elliott
  • Up
  • Great
  • She

• My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Books
  • Teenager
  • Experienced

• One of the writers I most admire is Hilary Mantel because in the middle of her career, she just changed paths entirely and became just a totally different novelist.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Different
  • She
  • Career

• Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • May
  • Knowledge
  • Day

• I like mac and cheese.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Like
  • Cheese
  • Mac

• Comics is still my first love. But I always did other kinds of writing, too, so I think of myself as a writer first.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Myself

• Our minds and memories are crowded with the common experience of nature.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Experience
  • Nature
  • Memories

• It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Love
  • Idea
  • Crass

• A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Man
  • Honor
  • Dangerous

• When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety and uncertainty.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • People
  • World
  • Anxiety

• It's quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • People
  • Place
  • Confusing

• So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today.

  

  Olympia Dukakis
  • Women
  • Today
  • Fate

• While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Good
  • God
  • Real

• We can never know,’ Simon answered slowly. ‘God hides the future from man’s eyes. We are forced to choose, not knowing. I have chosen Jesus.

  

  Simon the Zealot
  • Future
  • Chosen
  • Hides

• That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.

  

  Peter Garrett Midnight Oil
  • Up
  • Real

• We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us.

  

  Marshall McLuhan

• 'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • People
  • Good
  • Real

• Concealed talent brings no reputation.

  

  Desiderius Erasmus