Ann Burton Quotes

Because sloths' metabolisms are so slow, they don't exhibit many external signs of stress and it can be hard to determine their mood.

Ann Burton

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• When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Writing
  • Culture

• I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Time
  • Good
  • Business

• Zoroastrians believe in one Great Almighty Spirit of Good who is in combat against evil forces, and Goodness prevails in the end. There is no self-flagellation or staring at the sun or snake-handling.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Good
  • Great
  • Believe

• Singing for me has always been a joyous but private pleasure that connects me in a lyric thread to my beloved grandmother Alice.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • Me
  • Singing
  • Pleasure

• There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Great
  • Support
  • Friendships

• The fact of the matter is that the government is there to protect the people.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • People
  • Government
  • Matter

• Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.

  

  Candice Olson
  • World
  • Trust
  • Design

• I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Health
  • Point
  • Workaholic

• I'm reading scripts just like everybody else. Tin cup in hand, knocking on doors, trying to get a job. It's tough. They don't make as many films these days, and there's a lot of guys that are fighting for jobs.

  

  D. J. Cotrona
  • Trying
  • Job
  • Reading

• While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.

  

  Naoto Kan
  • Great
  • Power
  • Taken

• The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.

  

  Jack Welch
  • Up
  • May
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• Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will change that. I could not have chosen a better place to go when I left Atletico.

  

  Fernando Torres
  • Life
  • Time
  • Remember

• I'm just fascinated by houses. In another life, I'd have probably trained as an architect. If I had enough money, I'd collect them like other people collect teapots. I don't know why I love them so much. I'm just very interested in the idea of a house as a metaphor for the way one lives.

  

  Frances Mayes
  • People
  • Life
  • Like

• It is important that the right of Israel to exist should be respected and also the viable Palestinian authorities, in terms of political and financial situation, be supported so that both can live side by side in peace and security. That is a two-state solution.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Important
  • Live
  • Political

• You tell it that it's indicative by appending $!. That's why we made $! such a short variable name, after all.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Why

• And what of the dead? They lie without shoesin their stone boats. They are more like stonethan the sea would be if it stopped. They refuseto be blessed, throat, eye and knucklebone.

  

  Anne Sexton
  • Sea
  • Blessed

• I always get this feeling on my last day of work that I'm never going to work again.

  

  David Harewood
  • Work
  • Feeling

• Though I probably shouldn't admit this, the activities and pursuits in which I've achieved any measure of success are, without exception, activities and pursuits that came easily to me from the beginning.

  

  Meghan Daum
  • Success
  • Beginning

• Everybody in the real world will agree - the moment a project is behind deadline, quality assurance tends to go out the window.

  

  Alan Cox
  • World
  • Real
  • Quality

• There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.

  

  Michael Pitt
  • House
  • Kind
  • Film

• I think soldiers are not just one homogenous group, just like Americans aren't. They all have different feelings about the war.

  

  Emily Robison
  • Different
  • War

• Did people care about how a singer sounded live back in the day? I don't really feel like they did. Not everything was being filmed. Today, one huge mess-up, and millions are seeing it. There's a lot more on the line nowadays. We're so cautious and scared of messing up. It adds a lot of stress to a career.

  

  Shawn Mendes
  • People
  • Up
  • Live

• Because sloths' metabolisms are so slow, they don't exhibit many external signs of stress and it can be hard to determine their mood.

  

  Ann Burton
  • Stress
  • Mood
  • Determine