Ian Thorpe Quotes

The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.

Ian Thorpe

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• Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Easy

• I am an economist, not an astrologer.

  

  Rafael Correa
  • Economist
  • Astrologer

• I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!

  

  Kate Moss
  • Hand
  • Hands
  • Said

• I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is going to change the landscape,' but I don't see that result at all. When we saw some female studio executives, we were hopeful that more women would be hired as directors, but that didn't really seem to happen.

  

  Callie Khouri
  • Women
  • Change
  • Saying

• Sometimes I post something unwittingly that connects with women. But I never think, 'OK, let's take a shirtless picture for the girls.'

  

  Maluma
  • Women
  • Think
  • Picture

• I'd like to do a comedy, actually. I think it would be great to do a sitcom or something like that. I'm pretty much open to anything.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Great
  • Think
  • Pretty

• I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.

  

  Dana Schutz
  • Space
  • Play
  • Information

• Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • Why
  • Actor
  • Gender

• The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • Up
  • Time
  • Experience

• I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.

  

  Manfred Mann
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Hope
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Country
  • Appreciated
  • Highly

• A king’s son has nothing but inferiors, each one a potential assassin.

  

  Tad Williams
  • Son
  • King

• Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

  

  Brené Brown
  • Soul

• I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.

  

  Don DeLillo
  • Work
  • Childhood
  • Catholic

• Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their supposed defense.

  

  Pauline Neville-Jones
  • World
  • Work
  • Violence

• I had a dream, my dream came true, and my mom was there for me every step of the way. We didn't do this for any other reason. I am so happy she is here to experience this with me. This would not be the same if she were not by my side.

  

  Ashton Eaton
  • She
  • Experience
  • True

• I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.

  

  Jean Pigozzi
  • Serious

• People should never be afraid that Foo Fighters are ever going to break up, it's like your grandparents getting divorced - it's not gonna happen.

  

  Dave Grohl Nirvana
  • Afraid
  • Grandparents
  • Divorced

• I do a lot of work with policymakers, but how much effect am I having? It’s like they’re coming in and saying to you, ‘I’m going to drive my car off a cliff. Should I or should I not wear a seatbelt?’ And you say, ‘I don’t think you should drive your car off the cliff.’ And they say, ‘No, no, that bit’s already been decided—the question is whether to wear a seatbelt.’ And you say, ‘Well, you might as well wear a seatbelt.’ And then they say, ‘We’ve consulted with policy expert Rory Stewart and he says . . . .’

  

  Rory Stewart
  • Car
  • Should
  • Might

• My mom was a housewife and a sponge, who would absorb everything and make it all look like a fairytale when he entered the house. For instance, when he came home, I would always be seen studying with my books open. She always made sure that Dad went back to the shoot happily.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Home
  • She
  • House

• The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.

  

  Ian Thorpe
  • Nightmare
  • Fairytale
  • Turned