James Wolcott Quotes
At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.James Wolcott
Quotes to Explore
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
Baltasar Gracian -
I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
A. R. Rahman -
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
Samuel Beckett -
When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.
Nacho Figueras -
Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
Kalpana Chawla -
People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
Felix Dennis
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I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.
Taylor Schilling -
I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
Parker Posey -
I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
T.I. -
The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
Vincent Cassel -
With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.
Kate Beckinsale -
I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children are nearby playing and I'm reading a book or doing some little project.
Caitlin Flanagan
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
Baltasar Kormakur -
We have met the enemy and he is us.
Walt Kelly -
If people don't know who you are, they're not going to listen to your message. And not everybody pays attention to politicians by watching Fox News and CNN.
Aaron Schock -
Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science.
Ada Lovelace -
I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
He was a poet and hated the approximate.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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I love kids, but there's always time for them later. You can always adopt; you can have a puppy. The songs are my children.
Jenny Lewis -
To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.
Confucius -
I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.
Carnie Wilson Wilson Phillips -
At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.
James Wolcott