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

• You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Yourself
  • Try
  • Afraid

• 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

• I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre.

  

  Kevin Kline
  • Students
  • Piano
  • Mediocre

• Brother says he's telling about you playing Doctor with that girl.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Girl
  • Brother
  • Playing

• 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

• I have three closets in my bedroom.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Three
  • Bedroom
  • Closets

• It would've made more sense had we brought another record out between this one and the last one. If you paid close attention, the b-sides, like "Lucky" and "Talk Show Host" have documented that passage.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Attention
  • Record
  • Passage

• It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them.

  

  Ben Affleck
  • Time
  • Work
  • Job

• And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we did it for two years. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles.

  

  Ringo Starr The Beatles
  • Play
  • Germany
  • Comeback

• 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