Sara Blakely Quotes

I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

Sara Blakely

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• I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Writing
  • Now
  • Plan

• I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.

  

  J. Anthony Lukas
  • Good
  • Believe
  • Creativity

• I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Up
  • Conversation
  • Talking

• When you play on a team, you learn that there will always be five guys you like, a bunch of guys who are OK, and five you despise. The trick to getting along in any system is not to worry about the five you despise.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Team
  • Worry
  • Learn

• I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to play.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
  • Fun
  • Kind
  • Like

• It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.

  

  Edgar Cayce
  • Feeling
  • Universe
  • Thought

• Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Time
  • Great
  • Literature

• All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • People
  • Up
  • Like

• Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.

  

  Jack Kornfield
  • Fear
  • Feelings
  • More

• When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

  

  Lara St. John
  • People
  • You
  • Attention

• Man, Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone... these guys are a different level, man.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Different
  • Man
  • Ben

• The advertising market in China is big and is still growing at a considerable pace. While online video is emerging as a mainstream advertising solution, it still represents a relatively small portion of advertising budget in China.

  

  Victor Koo
  • Small
  • Growing
  • Advertising

• Barack Obama was a good president, and hopefully, Donald Trump is a good president.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Good
  • Trump
  • President

• I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.

  

  Natasha Henstridge
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Trying

• I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Perfect
  • Comedy
  • Thought

• If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Lost
  • Reflection

• Small habits well pursued betimesMay reach the dignity of crimes.

  

  Hannah More
  • Small

• Truth does not belong to an individual.

  

  Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Truth

• Frank Sebastiano is a real write. He has two Emmys, one from 'SNL' and the other from 'The Chris Rock Show' . The only award I have is an FM-mmy.

  

  Artie Lange
  • Real
  • Rock
  • Award

• I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.

  

  Maiara Walsh
  • Good
  • Work
  • Believe

• I'm trying to get to bed, and you guys are singing 'The Whole World's in my fucking hand.' I'd rather you shut the fuck up!

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • Up
  • World
  • Trying

• When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Music
  • Like
  • Fantasy

• I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places on the planet. Like Greenland, for instance, or just recently flying over Alaska and a chain of icy, mountainous islands, uninhabited.

  

  Andrew Bird
  • Flying

• I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

  

  Sara Blakely
  • Flying