Jeff Lemire Quotes
I have always been drawn to young characters and seeing big tapestries through the eyes of a child. It probably comes from being a father myself and having a young son and seeing the world through his eyes. I write stories that are sort of the exaggerated version of that.Jeff Lemire
Quotes to Explore
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You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.
Pat Gillick -
By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
Edmund Morgan -
I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society.
Randi Weingarten -
I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.
Sam Sheppard -
The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould -
I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
Adam Hasner
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
Imran Amed -
I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.
Garry Shandling -
The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
Ed Speleers -
And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
Karl Pilkington -
If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
Sam Worthington -
I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
Rachael Harris
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
Imogen Cunningham -
Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
A. N. Wilson -
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
Bayard Taylor -
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
Adam Grant -
When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.
Adam Lambert
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I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought that was quite important.
Lynne Truss -
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Denis Waitley -
What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so badly to be able to perform. So it doesn't hinder me sleeping at night that I don't have an Olympic medal.
Kurt Browning -
Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
Gary Oldman -
Girls seem to get me in trouble a lot of times.
Duncan Jones -
I have always been drawn to young characters and seeing big tapestries through the eyes of a child. It probably comes from being a father myself and having a young son and seeing the world through his eyes. I write stories that are sort of the exaggerated version of that.
Jeff Lemire