Phoebe Robinson Quotes
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
Vikram Seth -
I think my numbers speak for themselves.
Jack Youngblood -
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Karl Barth -
In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
Imelda Marcos -
When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
Raine Maida
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My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
Ed Asner -
I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.
Laura Dern -
English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
Rachel Johnson -
I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
Yayoi Kusama -
A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
Han Fei -
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Sallust
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
Gay Talese -
My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
Daniel Cormier -
John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
Halston Sage -
I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
Pat Toomey -
There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
Frances McDormand -
My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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The Library is the heart of the University.
Charles William Eliot -
I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'
Elliott Gould -
I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?
Maureen O'Hara -
I think my sensibilities about storytelling and character just automatically come into play when I'm trying to work on any kind of narrative. For me, it doesn't really matter what the source of the narrative is. I will be looking for ways to make it into an intriguing story with empathetic characters.
Duncan Jones -
I ain't lookin' at you dudes -I'm lookin' past you.
Jay-Z -
Spending $40,000 on shoes is downright ignorant.
Phoebe Robinson