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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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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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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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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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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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.
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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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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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My father didn't push me.
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I worked 18 years to become an overnight success. Now MagicPlace.com will short circuit that process for people.
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Growing up in San Antonio, I was the dork at the Friday night football games with my head buried in a book - Jack Kerouac or Oscar Wilde, years before I really understood them.
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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.
