Jennifer Westfeldt Quotes

Well, you know, I'm quite a reluctant writer. I'm not someone who set out to be a writer or really wanted to be.

Jennifer Westfeldt

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• To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

  

  Barry McGuire
  • Real
  • True
  • Me

• My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.

  

  Jack Bowman
  • Kids
  • Want
  • Free

• I've been making some more electronic music, which I really enjoy doing.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Music
  • Enjoy
  • Doing

• I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Up
  • Bad
  • Funny

• I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• When anything goes, it's women who lose.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Women
  • Lose
  • Anything

• Triceratops is very common: they are the cows of the Cretaceous; they are everywhere.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Common
  • Very
  • Cows

• I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one.

  

  Karen Morley
  • Man
  • Army
  • Knew

• None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Time
  • Construction

• We can conceive of various kinds of democracy. But my intention is not to treat of every kind, but of that only, 'wherein all, without exception, who owe allegiance to the laws of the country only, and are further independent and of respectable life, have the right of voting in the supreme council and of filling the offices of the dominion.'

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Life
  • Country
  • Democracy

• Boxed Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.

  

  Larry Wall
  • People
  • Community

• People were soon talking only of my bons mots, and they esteemed my wit so highly that the clergy was forced to publish a decree that forbade anyone to believe I was capable of reason, and it expressly commanded everyone of all ranks to believe - no matter how intelligently I might act - that I was guided by instinct.

  

  Cyrano de Bergerac
  • People
  • Believe

• Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

  

  Benjamin Disraeli
  • People
  • Country
  • Education

• I didn't go abroad until quite late. A friend drove us to Amalfi, Italy, for his sister's wedding when I was a teenager. It was exciting driving through Europe.

  

  David Harewood
  • Friend
  • Sister
  • Driving

• I'm concerned about what I see is the fetishization around entrepreneurship in Africa. It's almost like it's the next new liberal thing. Like, 'Don't worry that there's no power because, hey, you're going to do solar and innovate around that.'

  

  Ory Okolloh
  • Power
  • Worry

• When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

  

  The Weeknd
  • World
  • Music

• I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'

  

  Jason Reitman
  • Life
  • Career
  • Son

• When an incident is reported, HR almost always starts from a place of disbelief. They request evidence and ask for proof. But if HR is investigating a sexual harassment case within the company, it is their duty as HR to protect their employees. That is the sentiment that has to shift.

  

  Cheryl Yeoh

• There's a way to do networking that isn't overly brown-nosing.

  

  Jill Abramson

• I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

  

  Hedy Lamarr

• Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall take.

  

  Frederick William Faber
  • Faith

• The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Science
  • Fear
  • Democracy

• What I have learned, above all, is to keep marching forward because the best news is that since chance does play a role, one important factor in success is under our control: the number of at bats, the number of chances taken, the number of opportunities seized.

  

  Leonard Mlodinow
  • Important
  • Success
  • Control

• Well, you know, I'm quite a reluctant writer. I'm not someone who set out to be a writer or really wanted to be.

  

  Jennifer Westfeldt