Mary Gaitskill Quotes
You can't tell an 18-year-old to keep it down and turn off Britney Spears or whatever it is that they listen to.Mary Gaitskill
Quotes to Explore
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
Iain Glen -
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Washington Irving -
I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
Yo-Yo Ma -
For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.
Patrick Stewart -
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Vince Lombardi
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In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.
B. H. Liddell Hart -
I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.
Natalie Maines -
I love playing the game. I always have. Of course, winning matches makes it much sweeter. The wins and the losses always lead to these big moments, unless you're Serena Williams.
Venus Williams -
Lyrics are very important to me. I like speaking to women and saying what I mean.
Rachel Platten -
In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.
Viktor E. Frankl -
I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good.
Hal Price
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi -
We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken.
Oscar Wilde -
He could have a thousand faults, but I do not blame anyone in particular and I despise brutality with which the Nazis acted against Israelites; but the fault is not only of Hitler, but a group of high-ranked dignitaries.
Augusto Pinochet -
You have yourself to blame.
Ben Carson -
Nicole and I worked together on Dogville and we were friends when we started this. That laid the groundwork for our fabulous relationship on screen and off.
Lauren Bacall -
Obviously there are not too many people who get a chance to play in the Olympics in their hometown. That would be something special, but going into the summer you have to be realistic with yourself, and health-wise and motivation-wise you have to be willing to do what it takes.
Joe Sakic
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He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff, But 'tis so very foul, it won't go off.
Edward Joseph Young -
You want to move into worlds you've never been in before. It would be like going to the same restaurant all the time or going to the same place for vacation all the time. Where is the adventure in that?
Karen Allen -
You know, Boston people are full of sauce.
Ellen Pompeo -
When people don't know what you are, you get your heart broken daily.
Rashida Jones -
In a way, I pattern myself after all the bands I used to like as a kid. Every time they put out LPs, they had a whole new look and a new sound.
Richard Prince -
You can't tell an 18-year-old to keep it down and turn off Britney Spears or whatever it is that they listen to.
Mary Gaitskill