Joy Mangano Quotes
I'm fortunate to have success, but it was a long and challenging road, so I try to make that not be the case for other women.
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.
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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together.
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It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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I believe that the whole human race is the family of God.
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I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year, that's when I wrote 'Kids.'
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Boundaries, and countries, if we don't have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful.
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Metal music is the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the idea that idiots buy cheap trash are getting ripped off.
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I try to keep it positive and play it cool, shoot up the playground and tell the kids to stay in school.
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I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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The hardest thing about being on the road is not being with my animals.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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I'm fortunate to have success, but it was a long and challenging road, so I try to make that not be the case for other women.
