William R. Alger Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
Carl Sandburg -
I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
Sally Mann -
Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
Francia Raisa -
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
Park Chan-wook -
I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Zinedine Zidane -
The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
Calvin Trillin
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
S. Truett Cathy -
I don't think, by the way, that any network would have given us their show to release all 13 episodes once ahead of them, and the same way, I don't think any studio will give us their movies to release the same day they are in the theaters - not yet, not yet.
Ted Sarandos -
Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
M. J. Rose -
I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
Gabriel Basso -
When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
Malin Akerman -
Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
Dan Harmon
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
Tamara Ecclestone -
Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
Jack Paar -
I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club -
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
E. O. Wilson -
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
Barbara Sher -
I would like to be known for honest, relatable writing and stories that that are real. There's just this shift I think is happening in a lot of society right now where being your most real self, however embarrassing or vulnerable or weird that is, is the coolest. I feel like that's what Lena Dunham's about and Amy Schumer's about.
Cam
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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Confucius -
To strip a man of all loyalties but those to the state, makes him not only a worm but a monster, without a shred of humanity.
Haniel Long -
Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline.
Bill Clinton -
Tears are the tribute of humanity to its destiny.
William R. Alger