H. W. Brands Quotes

It was a typical point, made in typical style, mixing pride and humility.

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• In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.

  

  Edmund White
  • Experience
  • Book
  • Man

• I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Time
  • Power
  • Technology

• The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.

  

  Sachin Bansal
  • People
  • Small
  • Wonder

• A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Why
  • Beautiful
  • Practice

• Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Never
  • Wanted
  • Mentor

• I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.

  

  Ildar Abdrazakov
  • Work
  • Day
  • Teacher

• I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Women
  • Real
  • Interesting

• Cloture is simply cutting off debate.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Cutting
  • Debate
  • Off

• You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Different
  • Today
  • Game

• You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Up
  • Change
  • Relationships

• Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Know
  • Distance
  • Loyal

• If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • Change
  • Conflict
  • Global

• I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

  

  Valerie Trierweiler
  • Never
  • Dresses
  • Worn

• Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy. Indeed, when the United Nations was created in the wake of World War II, threats came almost exclusively from one state carrying out acts of aggression against another.

  

  Samantha Power
  • World
  • War
  • Organization

• People don't teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it's something I'd never had to handle, because I'd been rejected for so long.

  

  Felicia Day
  • People
  • Long
  • Success

• Ideas are cheap and easy, and there are a lot of them.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Ideas
  • Easy
  • Cheap

• When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens!

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • People
  • Song
  • Knowing

• Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?

  

  Abraham Polonsky
  • Love
  • Know
  • Alone

• My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Time
  • God
  • Parents

• I want to be perceived - or maybe I perceive myself - as this really easygoing, honest person that's just giving. Realistically, I have those qualities, but I'm very aggressive. I can be very harsh. It comes off almost mean, you know?

  

  Linda Perry 4 Non Blondes
  • Giving

• It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.

  

  Donald Berwick
  • World
  • American
  • Health

• Although my mother didn't necessarily approve of teenage girls wearing heels, she made an exception for me when I was 14 because she didn't want me to be self-conscious about my height - or to slouch.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • She
  • Mother
  • Want

• It was a typical point, made in typical style, mixing pride and humility.

  

  H. W. Brands
  • Style
  • Pride
  • Humility