Bruce Pittman Quotes

Competition like that seen between Blue Origin and SpaceX is key to rapid progress in space.

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• I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • People
  • Up
  • Help

• She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

  

  Gail Parent
  • Women
  • Live
  • She

• Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Children
  • Think
  • Parents

• Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • War
  • Been
  • Balkans

• Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Money
  • High
  • Small

• I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

  

  Nathan Lane
  • Matter
  • Accept
  • Someone

• People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • People
  • God
  • Believe

• I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'

  

  FKA twigs
  • Want
  • Years
  • Period

• I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.

  

  Sam Elliott
  • Work
  • Smoking
  • Thank You

• Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Competition
  • Stand
  • Speed

• I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Enemy
  • Will
  • Worst

• I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Work
  • Support
  • Excited

• I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • School
  • Know
  • Bright

• I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Different
  • Effect
  • Delightful

• Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • White
  • Lincoln
  • Supremacy

• Days are long when you're filming, so I catch up on sleep during breaks to avoid looking tired.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Up
  • Long
  • Sleep

• I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter, that alone is good. Forget aging and the fact that my butt is becoming a little more familiar with my knees than my tailbone. If you are six feet above ground it's a good day. So, give me more!

  

  Faith Hill
  • Up
  • Good
  • Food

• The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

  

  Nancy Lopez
  • Me
  • Play
  • Pressure

• A lot of the time in modern Britain, certainly in urban life, we barely have any contact at all with the people around us.

  

  John Lanchester
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• History is moving the furniture around in the house of mankind just about everywhere but the U.S.A. Things have changed, except here, where people come and go through the rooms of state, and everything looks shabbier by the day, and lethargy eats away at the upholstery like an acid fog, and the walls reverberate with meaningless oratory.

  

  James Howard Kunstler
  • People
  • History
  • House

• Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto, Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.

  

  Lord Byron

• I was not born to get stuff done. I was born to dream it and then move towards it.

  

  Esther Hicks
  • Done
  • Dream
  • Moving

• In Japan, the writers have made up a literary community, a circle, a society. I think 90 percent of Japan's writers live in Tokyo. Naturally, they make a community. There are groups and customs, and so they are tied up in a way.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Community
  • Writers
  • Japan

• Competition like that seen between Blue Origin and SpaceX is key to rapid progress in space.

  

  Bruce Pittman
  • Space
  • Progress
  • Competition