James Beattie Quotes
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
Ramez Naam -
Anna Wintour has guided me.
Natalie Massenet -
It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
Kate Smith -
Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
H. R. McMaster -
People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
Zong Qinghou -
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
Walter Salles
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
Walt Mossberg -
I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time.
Nathaniel Buzolic -
Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.
Harold Ford, Jr. -
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
Walt Disney
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
Damian Lewis -
I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
Nazanin Boniadi -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
Ice T -
I think humans are fascinating in general. We're so weird. We do so many quirky things, and we don't even know it. There's just so many layers upon layers of nuances in everything we do, and the most fun part as an actor is trying to get into all those nuances, whether they're conscious or unconscious.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
Edie Campbell
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When in doubt, make funny faces.
Amy Poehler -
The Wizard Of Oz" has secrets that are just too much. Or "Peter Pan" – the whole 'lost boys' thing is just incredible. They’re not childlike at all, they’re really, really deep; you can rule your life by them. Or say 'child-like', because children are the most brilliant people of all, that’s why they relate to those stories so well. Fairy-tales are wonderful.
Michael Jackson -
My wife has learnt to carry me as her fifth baby
Dele Momodu -
Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.
Judy Blume -
How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.
James Beattie