Joan Didion Quotes
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.Joan Didion
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson -
Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.
Yoshihiko Noda -
In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
Sam Shepard -
I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
Natasha Lyonne -
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
Oriana Fallaci -
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
Larry King
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
Idris Elba -
I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
Tamra Davis -
I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
Zhang Zhidong -
I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
Kaley Cuoco -
Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
Pat Summitt -
When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
Dak Prescott
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
Earl Weaver -
We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
R. Lee Ermey -
There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
H. L. Mencken -
Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman's inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.
Tadashi Shoji -
Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
Usain Bolt -
It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it.
Danica McKellar
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
Venus Williams -
Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.
Daniel J. Boorstin -
Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.
Gary Cole -
I know how to make decisions, and I know how to lead.
Jim Webb -
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.
Joan Didion