Pam Houston Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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The best part of owning a blog is the fact that you are in control. You can write about anything you want to write about. You can decide how your blog looks. You can decide who to target. You can decide how to monetize the blog. You have full control!
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Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
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I want young women when they're 14 to start thinking about what they want over the course of their lives.
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The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center.
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I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my friends going, 'What's the matter with you?' But I haven't ever made a big attempt to have any particular image. And I don't really worry about it. If it's funny, I don't care.
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I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.
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Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
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Growing up in Canada, I used to love a walk in the early morning, when the streets are quiet and the sun was shining. Walking in the morning is still very refreshing... and if I can, I will walk to my first meeting or appointment.
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I mean, one shot you treat like you have forty little matches instead of one forty shot match. It makes all the difference in the world. It's easier to just forget about a not so good shot.
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In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
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People have a tendency to blame politicians when things don't work, but as I always tell people, you get the politicians you deserve. And if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get policies that don't reflect your interest.
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I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.
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I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle- and lower-tier workers.
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I'm still involved in the business of Cheap Trick, so I keep my eye on that kind of stuff.
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Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer.
