Joshua Ostrander Quotes

I recorded 80 per cent of the record in my guest bedroom; then, when 'Shine' went to number one on one of the charts, the label called and said, 'Can you do an EP?' Then, 'Can you do a full length? And can you do it in two weeks?'

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• Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • God
  • Said
  • Thank God

• The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.

  

  Yulia Tymoshenko
  • Eyes
  • Stage
  • Old

• I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Worst
  • Survive
  • Through

• I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Sleep
  • Fly
  • Ice Cream

• Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Down
  • Trees
  • Graceful

• We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Up
  • Most
  • Often

• Bear in mind how valuable a secular Turkey is for the world.

  

  Safak Pavey
  • World
  • Mind
  • Bear

• I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.

  

  Zendaya
  • Because
  • Shy
  • Twice

• I just try to direct in a way that interests me. And, hopefully, other people will find it compelling.

  

  Lonny Price
  • People

• We need to take a leaf out of nature's book. Any species that clones itself will eventually be attacked by a parasite, leading to an inevitable population crash.

  

  Daniel Suarez
  • Book
  • Nature

• eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure of trust, either in the other person or the system.

  

  Pierre Omidyar
  • Business
  • Trust

• You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it.

  

  Ben Harper
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Kill

• No matter what people say, your fans are the ones that come to watch the movie or come to your shows and that's the most important thing.

  

  Ashlee Simpson
  • People
  • Important
  • Movie

• Most REAL change is slow. Happiness and joy are the purpose of life. If we know that the future will be very dark or painful, then we lose our determination to live. Therefore, life is something based on hope.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Life
  • Live
  • Real

• Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.

  

  E. A. Bucchianeri
  • Career
  • Artist
  • Creative

• Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • Record
  • Grow
  • Comfortable

• When the 'Thriller' album came up, we all knew that was going to be the cool record.

  

  Steve Lukather Toto
  • Record
  • Album
  • Thriller

• Just as, with the radio, there are certain things that you become fond of,and you welcome them and resent the new things

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Certain
  • Radio
  • Welcome

• Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.

  

  Hermann Hesse
  • Culture
  • Tradition
  • Weakness

• I recorded 80 per cent of the record in my guest bedroom; then, when 'Shine' went to number one on one of the charts, the label called and said, 'Can you do an EP?' Then, 'Can you do a full length? And can you do it in two weeks?'

  

  Joshua Ostrander
  • Record
  • Bedroom
  • Charts