Jason Fried Quotes
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
Nancy O'Dell -
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
Immanuel Kant -
Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
Maggie Smith -
I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
Natalia Tena -
I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
Imelda May -
There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
Patricia Clarkson
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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
Karin Slaughter -
As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.
Sam Graves -
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
Hannah Arendt -
I still like my antique clothes.
Barbra Streisand -
I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
Dana Spiotta -
People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.
Abbe Pierre
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
Karen Kain -
So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
Aaron Ashmore -
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
Van Morrison -
What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
Barry Manilow -
President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
Valerie Jarrett -
There are very religious people who write comics and who love comics.
G. Willow Wilson
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I buy way too many books.
Orson Scott Card -
I worked with AXE Hair to do a promo shoot for the ESPYs and ESPN - it's all about having girl-approved hair. They have a newer product out there with the hair stuff - shampoo, conditioner and all the styling products that they have.
Matthew Stafford -
I made the rules I figured I could be the one to break them. I thought I would write about xenophobia, a hatred of foreigners. After I stated writing the story there was not a foreigner to be had. I did not want to just stick one in there so I could get a title out of it since it seemed like cheating. I never figured out how I could get out of this dilemma so I just called it X and weaved X traits into the story.
Sue Grafton -
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.
D. H. Lawrence -
It feels good to be productive.
Jason Fried