Chai Lu Quotes

Some aim to be deft, others to be laboriously careful. Neither dexterity nor conscientiousness is enough.

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• I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

  

  Carey Mulligan
  • Want
  • Enough
  • Famous

• One child is never enough for a monarch.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Never
  • Enough
  • Child

• Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Always
  • Enough

• The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.

  

  Abigail Disney
  • People
  • Enough
  • Talking

• My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

  

  Sally Field
  • Good
  • Enough
  • Movies

• We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Motivational
  • Aim
  • Mark

• Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

  

  Edsger Dijkstra
  • Aim
  • Brevity
  • Jargon

• You buy a new iPhone, a few months later, another new iPhone comes out, and you get online to buy another one. You can't get enough. You are addicted to Apple.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Enough
  • Apple
  • iPhone

• There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify.

  

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Music
  • Live
  • Enough

• By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Enough
  • Find
  • Lucky

• Goonies are good enough, good enough for me

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Good
  • Enough
  • Good Enough

• I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Universe
  • Careful

• Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

  

  Bryan Adams
  • People
  • Time
  • Media

• Careful, love. Prices aren't the only things I can cut in half!

  

  An Na
  • Cutting
  • I Can
  • Half

• Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Long
  • Think
  • Enough

• I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Thinking
  • May
  • Should

• Have you noticed that they put advertisements in with your bills now? Like bills aren't distasteful enough, they have to stuff junk mail in there with them. I get back at them. I put garbage in with my check when I mail it in. Coffee grinds, banana peels...I write, "Could you throw this away for me?"

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Writing
  • Enough
  • Coffee

• I've been lucky enough to be part of some great ensembles in theater - I'd been doing theater since college.

  

  Andy Samberg
  • Great
  • College
  • Enough

• Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

  

  Garrett Hardin
  • Heart
  • Conservatism
  • Ecology

• I'm more comfortable weaving Indian flavors into American classics.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • American
  • More
  • Comfortable

• I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!"

  

  Tony Bennett
  • People
  • Great
  • Hope

• An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on quaint or imaginative themes.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Simple
  • Study
  • English

• The internal system of an abuse victim differs from the non-abuse system with regard to the consistent absence of the effective leadership, the extreme rules under which the parts function, and the absenve of any consistent balance or harmony. Typically, the parts operate around outdated assumptions and beliefs derived from the childhood abuse, believing, for example, that it is still extremely dangerous to reveal secrets about childhood experiences which were endured.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Childhood
  • Rules
  • Harmony

• Some aim to be deft, others to be laboriously careful. Neither dexterity nor conscientiousness is enough.

  

  Chai Lu
  • Enough
  • Aim
  • Careful