Brian Aldiss Quotes

At least the mentor’s point was made: loneliness was psychological, not statistical.

Brian Aldiss

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• I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Kids
  • Want
  • Sex

• I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • People
  • Inspiration
  • Advice

• T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • Time
  • Career
  • Me

• I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Believe
  • Children
  • Nature

• Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Me
  • Like
  • Mentor

• Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.

  

  Gail Kelly
  • Time
  • Me
  • Leader

• Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in this childhood obesity epidemic.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Food
  • Change
  • Relationship

• I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Mentor
  • Where
  • Only

• I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

  

  Fetty Wap
  • Myself
  • Mentor
  • Improve

• Before finding a mentor, I feel it's essential to really find your own calling and passion. From my experience, this will become a guiding bond in this kind of relationship. Be curious and engaged - and push yourself actively. Be as good as you can at what you love to do, and you will certainly get a mentor's attention.

  

  Raney Aronson-Rath
  • Experience
  • Relationship
  • Passion

• Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.

  

  Larry King
  • Helping
  • Television
  • Radio

• I am alone. No one stands beside me. I have no Dark Prince to ride in my chariot, to walk with me, to hold me to him. I have no one. And yet. I myself, at last, I have myself. And to me, at this time, it seems enough. It seems more, much more, than enough.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Time
  • Alone
  • Dark

• My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Father
  • Teacher
  • Brother

• I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Family
  • Brother

• Tina Fey is my mentor, whether she likes it or not.

  

  Kay Cannon
  • She
  • Mentor

• Knowing how to tactfully criticize someone's work is a mentor's job.

  

  Eileen Pollack
  • Work
  • Job
  • Mentor

• I landed a job at HBO, working for two years on the 'The Alzheimer's Project,' which aired in May 2009. I was fortunate to work with a great mentor, producer John Hoffman, and the amazing doc filmmaker Susan Froemke.

  

  Matthew Heineman
  • Work
  • Great
  • May

• I'm not overweight, but I'm not in shape at all. I do not work out.

  

  Lea Thompson
  • Work

• Watch the subtleties of the mentor.

  

  Dan T. Cathy
  • Watch
  • Mentor

• It's hard to come into a new relationship with food unless you're engaged in an interactive way at an early age; it's hard to change your values.

  

  Alice Waters
  • Age
  • Food
  • Relationship

• You have been called to be who you are - the whole luminous light. No one can dim your light when you are fully present to the depth and breadth of it.

  

  Debbie Ford
  • Light
  • Present

• Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

  

  Abigail Adams
  • Education
  • Learning
  • Chance

• Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Music
  • Freedom
  • Chance

• At least the mentor’s point was made: loneliness was psychological, not statistical.

  

  Brian Aldiss
  • Mentor