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
  • Where
  • Mentor
  • 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

• I've been humbled by the amount of people who have gone out of their way to reach out, mentor me on an ongoing basis, and devote time to help solve the problems Rent the Runway faces as a company - simply out of their own interest and kindness.

  

  Jennifer Hyman
  • People
  • Time
  • Help

• Steve Jobs was a friend and mentor whom I miss more than I can say.

  

  John McAfee
  • Friend
  • Mentor

• Gordon Nelson is not only my friend, he's my mentor. He is a master craftsman with unique experience, and an approach to creativity that we can all learn from. For any hairdresser looking for enlightenment, look no further than a man who worked at the original Vidal Sassoon Salon, and who continues to strive for innovation in the industry.

  

  Nick Arrojo
  • Friend
  • Innovation
  • Mentor

• Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.

  

  Christopher Lasch

• I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.

  

  Dionne Warwick
  • World
  • Live
  • War

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

  

  Brian Aldiss
  • Mentor