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.

Joy Mangano

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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.

  

  Beck
  • Work
  • Great
  • Trying

• 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.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • People
  • Better
  • Bear

• 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.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Done
  • Job
  • Know

• 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?

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Why
  • Political
  • Science

• I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.

  

  Patrick Fischler
  • People
  • Hate
  • Things

• Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

  

  Edgard Varese
  • People
  • Born
  • Genius

• 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.

  

  Tate Taylor
  • People
  • Work
  • Business

• When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.

  

  Samuel Fuller
  • Great
  • Death
  • Survival

• 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.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Small

• I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Fear
  • Pride
  • Gratitude

• 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.

  

  Imelda May
  • Up
  • She
  • Together

• You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.

  

  AJ McLean
  • Way
  • You
  • Just

• It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • People
  • You
  • Two

• There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Time
  • Someone
  • Impression

• 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.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Life
  • Good
  • Past

• To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Girl
  • Courage
  • Determination

• I believe that the whole human race is the family of God.

  

  Pat Buckley
  • God
  • Believe
  • Family

• 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.'

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Writing
  • School
  • Kids

• Everything in moderation. I keep a healthy body, a healthy look. It's important not to be obsessive about anything - fitness, training, eating - because then you end up focusing on only that. And you can't obsess about anything when you're on the road.

  

  Ana Ivanovic
  • Up
  • Important
  • Road

• I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.

  

  Ben Okri
  • Long
  • Writing
  • Hand

• Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

  

  Thomas A. Edison
  • Success
  • Proof
  • Utility

• But if I was still trying to be in Guns N' Roses while I wasn't in the band... I wouldn't want to maintain an image like that.

  

  Slash Guns N' Roses
  • Band
  • Image
  • Guns N Roses

• 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.

  

  Joy Mangano
  • Success
  • Road
  • Challenging