Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes

You’re crazy,” said her best friend, Angela, as the bell rang to signal five minutes before the first class on the first day back at school. “They said that about all the great visionaries.” “You know who else they said it about?” Angela demanded. “All the actual crazy people.

Sarah Rees Brennan

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• As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

  

  Basil Rathbone
  • People
  • More
  • Less

• People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • People
  • Think
  • Hate

• One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • People
  • Words
  • Imagination

• I had a world of people who were raising me; it was like a little village.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • World
  • Village

• I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Movie
  • Crazy
  • Like

• Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • People
  • Money
  • Alone

• I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • People
  • Church
  • Grandmother

• I focus on projects I am passionate about and only work with people I respect. Without these supportive teams, partners and clients, I could never work on so many things. I am fortunate that they see the value in the multiplicity of my work and how it all comes together in a kind of virtuous cycle.

  

  Imran Amed
  • People
  • Work
  • Together

• Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • People
  • Alone
  • Fight

• I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my discomfort.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Art
  • Uncomfortable

• Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • People
  • Opportunity
  • Color

• I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • People
  • Hate
  • Respect

• Atlanta is the number one place to live. You live better, you eat better, the rides are better, vehicles is better deals. It's better people. More mean people, but at my level you want it to be about business, so it's perfect for me.

  

  Young Thug
  • People
  • Live
  • Business

• People really do spend a lot of money on their pets - sometimes more then themselves.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • People
  • Money
  • Sometimes

• Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Mission
  • Outstanding

• Social media is reducing social barriers. It connects people on the strength of human values, not identities.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • People
  • Strength
  • Social Media

• On a more practical level, anyone out there who wants to be a writer should clearly recognize that this is a brutal business, where even incredibly talented people sometimes never make a living. If you want to chase such a dream, please have a Plan B in place.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • People
  • Business
  • Dream

• Write what you want to write, write what people want to hear, and write about what they're going through, because if you could connect with the people who are listening to your music and coming to your concerts and coming to your meet and greets, then you're doing your job well.

  

  Luke Combs
  • People
  • Music
  • Job

• I wrote poems. That is my work. I am convinced... I believe that what I wrote will be useful to people not only now but in future generations.

  

  Joseph Brodsky
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people.

  

  Rick Derringer
  • People
  • Found
  • Actually

• Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.

  

  Deepak Chopra

• I don't like it when reviews aren't about the movie. When they're about how much money somebody made, or who they're sleeping with, or if they got the job via some connection, or about how Fox is putting X amount of dollars into it.

  

  Jodie Foster
  • Money
  • Job
  • Movie

• You’re crazy,” said her best friend, Angela, as the bell rang to signal five minutes before the first class on the first day back at school. “They said that about all the great visionaries.” “You know who else they said it about?” Angela demanded. “All the actual crazy people.

  

  Sarah Rees Brennan
  • People
  • School
  • Crazy