Harper Reed Quotes

I have to say that you don't really know stress until you know that the path of the free world is resting a little bit on your shoulders.

Harper Reed

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• When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Writing
  • Culture

• I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Long
  • Wine
  • Trail

• There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Great
  • Support
  • Friendships

• I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • God
  • Women
  • Movie

• I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.

  

  Larry Brown
  • Want
  • Doing
  • Teach

• I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Me
  • Confidence
  • Understand

• You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Up
  • Yourself
  • Goals

• The fact of the matter is that the government is there to protect the people.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • People
  • Government
  • Matter

• I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Health
  • Point
  • Workaholic

• The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Up
  • May
  • Running

• In the history of the nation, there has never been a political party so ridiculous as today's Democrats. It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc.

  

  Ann Coulter
  • People
  • America
  • Together

• In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.

  

  Albert Ellis
  • People
  • Insurance

• I think about food all the time, so making peace with eating is a daily battle for me. I won't say I've completely figured it out, but I will say that right now, I win that battle more days than I lose it, and I believe that's the key.

  

  Trisha Yearwood
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Food

• Growing up in New Orleans and just being in a poverty-stricken neighborhood gave me that same fire that Eazy had to separate himself from what could have ended up being such a bad situation.

  

  Jason Mitchell
  • Up
  • Bad
  • Growing

• Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

  

  Charles Baudelaire

• I honestly feel like 99 percent of people have some kind of self-hate about their looks, and if I can joke about mine, maybe they can feel better about theirs.

  

  Lisa Lampanelli
  • People
  • Hate

• My favorite food was seafood, and that's all I used to eat. And then there I was, 27 years old, and bam, I have this allergic reaction - and it's life-threatening. So it's very important to spread the word and spread awareness so people can be better prepared in case anaphylaxis occurs in their life.

  

  Adrian Peterson
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.

  

  Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Life

• If I can do a romantic comedy with women, that's Everest to me.

  

  Joe Carnahan
  • Women
  • Comedy
  • Romantic

• I used to be called a post-modern clown. But now, post-modernism is a quaint notion, too.

  

  Bill Irwin

• Every age might perhaps produce one or two geniuses, if they were not sunk under the censure and obloquy of plodding, servile, imitating pedants.

  

  Jonathan Swift
  • Geniuses
  • Pedants
  • Obloquy

• I got 'Scandal,' and that was, far and away, the biggest deal that had happened in my career. Simultaneously, the stress from planning my wedding and being in the public eye for the first time, combined with genetics - I got the diagnosis that I had psoriasis, and I was completely embarrassed and ashamed. I felt like a lesser person.

  

  Katie Lowes
  • Time
  • Career
  • Stress

• I'm a pretty low-stress guy. I take what the golf course gives me. Some days, when I'm in full control, I'm able to fire at pins with 5-irons. Other days, I'm looking more toward the middle of the green.

  

  Matt Kuchar
  • Guy
  • Pretty
  • Control

• I have to say that you don't really know stress until you know that the path of the free world is resting a little bit on your shoulders.

  

  Harper Reed
  • Stress
  • Free World