Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.Jean de la Bruyere
Quotes to Explore
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
Patrick deWitt -
If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
Ward Churchill -
Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
Walt Mossberg -
My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
Balthazar Getty -
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
Val Kilmer -
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
E. Joseph Cossman
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We should be open to a discussion on keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. I don't know how that manifests itself, but I'm looking to get elected president of the United States. I just want to let people know I have an open mind about how we might - how government might - interject itself in a lot of the problems we have.
Gary Johnson -
Instead of waiting until the holiday season - when mail solicitations flood in from worthy organizations - and making a flurry of gifts because this is the time of year to give, sit down and take stock. Identify your passion, learn about it, and direct your time, mind, and dollars to aligned causes and organizations.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.
Natalie Dormer -
I am not into publicity. I'm not good at it. I get anxiety about it.
Zach Galifianakis -
When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.
Fabrizio Moreira -
The reality is the world is a really, really big place, and there's a lot of people running around with a lot on their mind. And you really have to figure out how to build a company that can put on a message that can actually reach people and have an impact globally.
Marc Andreesen
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The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.
Harold Pinter -
I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.
Barry Manilow -
When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
The good thing about execution issues are that they are within our control.
N. Robert Hammer -
It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
The professionals must set a good example.
A. Bartlett Giamatti
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I was really, really, really enthusiastic as a kid. I was up for anything. I was hugely into music and theatre. I was a big musical theatre kid; I loved reading.
Amanda Marshall -
The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying.
Kelly Preston -
If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.
Andy Rooney -
We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
Vincent Canby -
Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them...as you make the effort.
Og Mandino -
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.
Jean de la Bruyere