Willa Cather Quotes
Nothing mattered ... but writing books, and living the kind of life that made it possible to write them.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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I would love to have some sort of 'Back To The Future' Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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I no longer limit myself.
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There's no regrets for me.
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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If life turns her back on you, grab her ass.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college.
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In vain we call old notions fudge,And bend our conscience to our dealing;The Ten Commandments will not budge,And stealing will continue stealing.
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Nothing mattered ... but writing books, and living the kind of life that made it possible to write them.
