Jane Smiley Quotes
Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later.Jane Smiley
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
Barbara Bush -
I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
Kaley Cuoco -
You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
Yeardley Smith -
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
Ovid -
Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
Ralph Richardson
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Maimonides -
The thinking mind is what is busy. You have to stay in your heart. You have to be in your heart. Be in your heart. The rest is up here in your head where you are doing, doing, doing.
Ram Dass -
I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
Patrice O'Neal -
In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
Raghav Bahl -
When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
Orlando Bloom -
In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Karl Liebknecht
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
Olivia Munn -
The fans treated me royally.
Hank Sauer -
If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.
Adam Clayton U2 -
When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves.
Ira Glass -
The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
Nate Holland -
I don't even like to be naked in front of myself!
Camryn Manheim
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I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.
Wendy Liebman -
I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.
Philip Roth -
As people are showing the Rift to friends, word will spread that VR can be that good. So I'm not so worried in terms of adoption of the Rift.
Brendan Iribe -
I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.
Raf Simons -
Food - I love nuts. I eat them all the time, they're easy to carry around, and I am never hungry all day long.
Mehmet Oz -
Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as bad as you think it is. Just keep going, and tell yourself that you will fix it later.
Jane Smiley