Carolyn Mackler Quotes

Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.

Carolyn Mackler

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• It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Life
  • Time
  • Grief

• For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

  

  T. R. Knight
  • Time
  • Hope
  • You

• At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.

  

  Walter Mosley
  • Time
  • World
  • Good

• Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Life
  • You
  • Opinion

• When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • Time
  • Energy
  • Boy

• My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Attention
  • My Life

• If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Man
  • Alone

• I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.

  

  T. J. Thyne
  • Life
  • World
  • Different

• Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

  

  Dan Millman
  • Life
  • Up
  • Fun

• I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Freedom

• I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Time
  • Father

• The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• I've lived three lifetimes in my short time.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Time
  • Short
  • Three

• Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

  

  Jack London
  • Life
  • Good
  • Hand

• We really spend a lot of time on building relationships. And so when everyone is like, 'How do you break so many stories?' it's because I build relationships. I do it the old-fashioned way, and I build sourcing relationships, and then I take advantage of those relationships over time.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Time
  • Building

• You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Life
  • Action
  • Goals

• I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • Life
  • Music
  • Passion

• I trade musical favours like cattle. I can't remember the last time I did a remix for actual money. For me, I try and get a good swap.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Time
  • Good
  • Money

• There are politicians who seethe with ambition all the time, and there are a lot of other politicians who don't. I'm in the second category, that's all.

  

  Neil Kinnock
  • Time
  • Ambition

• If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.

  

  Jon Pardi
  • Life
  • Good
  • Heart

• I can't stand on the roadside and have Pani Puri like before. But, at the same time, being an actor makes you feel special. People look up to you, want to know more about you, and shower you with so much love without even knowing you personally. It's overwhelming.

  

  Kriti Sanon
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• When new things come along, some people always want the newest of the new - 'This is what I've been waiting for!' - and some people don't want or need the change - 'I like my old one.'

  

  Amy Heckerling
  • People
  • Waiting

• The sun would come up over the ocean, and we'd be eating scrambled eggs before we shot some stuff. It was a vacation in the sense that it was the best working conditions.

  

  Marguerite Moreau
  • Up
  • Sun
  • Ocean

• Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.

  

  Carolyn Mackler
  • Life
  • Time
  • Right