Joan D. Vinge Quotes

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

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• Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • Up
  • Man

• I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • Writing
  • Book
  • History

• When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Team
  • Worry
  • Learn

• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • You
  • Tough

• I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Work
  • Progress
  • Acting

• Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.

  

  Oleg Cassini
  • Things
  • Popular
  • Moment

• I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Like
  • Evening
  • Dressing

• Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Bad
  • Strong
  • Identity

• I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Dad
  • Actor
  • Problems

• But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.

  

  Vince McMahon
  • People
  • Different
  • Responsibility

• If I do decide to review a product, I sometimes negotiate with a company the timing of the review but never its outcome or tone. I sometimes strive to be the first to publish a review, but I never promise a good review in exchange for that timing.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Good
  • Sometimes
  • Promise

• To go back means defeat.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Back
  • Go
  • Defeat

• I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.

  

  Lark Voorhies
  • Fashion
  • Like
  • Things

• We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.

  

  Gary Barlow Take That
  • People
  • Stage
  • Lucky

• After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Writing
  • Love
  • Perfect

• Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • Story
  • Cold
  • Look

• I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

  

  Sammy Sosa
  • People
  • Nice
  • Contact

• The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

  

  Sadhu Vaswani
  • God
  • Sacrifice
  • Saints

• General Advice: Never break a promise, but re-negotiate them if need be. If you haven’t got time to do it right, you don’t have time to do it wrong. Recognize that most things are pass/fail. Feedback loops: ask in confidence.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Time
  • Confidence
  • Advice

• Stardom is a crazy thought. If that's what my path is, then that's where I'm excited to be headed towards.

  

  Kehlani
  • Crazy
  • Path

• Forgiveness is like the martial arts of consciousness. In Aikido and, other martial arts, we sidestep our attackers force rather than resisting it. The energy of the attack then boomerangs back in the direction of the attacker. Our power lies in remaining nonreactive. Forgiveness works in the same way. When we attack back, and defense is a form of attack, we initiate a war that no one can win.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Power
  • War
  • Energy

• People like us we gotta stick together. Keep your head up nothing lasts forever.

  

  Kelly Clarkson
  • People
  • Up
  • Together

• The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off the trail for a rabbit.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • Path

• For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

  

  Joan D. Vinge
  • Forever
  • Path