Jane Smiley Quotes
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Apple Computer would not have reached its current peak of success if it had feared to roll the dice and launch products that didn't always hit the mark. In the mid-1990s, the company was considered washed up, Steve Jobs had departed, and a string of lackluster product launches unrelated to the company's core business.
Naveen Jain -
The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
Vanessa Hudgens -
All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
E. L. James -
Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
Camille Paglia -
The most important thing that everybody can do, aside from building and keeping your network strong, is make good choices about your health.
Dana Perino -
Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
Lana Del Rey -
I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
Damien Hirst -
I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
M. J. Rose -
As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
Randy Wayne -
Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.
Lara St. John -
If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
Frances Mayes
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Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt.
Jack Wagner -
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
Sam Altman -
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
Jackie Collins -
I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
Gautam Singhania -
When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
Valerie June -
I moved to L.A. and really didn't dig living there until I found places like Koreatown and Little Tokyo. I really like hanging out in the grocery stores and restaurants.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
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Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel.
R. C. Sproul -
The only thing you can do to lead a crowd is prove your passion to them.
Nick van de Wall -
I'm spontaneous. I jump in. I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it's a more natural process.
Nicole Kidman -
I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.
Jane Smiley