William Westney Quotes

The reason so many of us lose our bearings about practising early in life is that we practice in living rooms with other family members in earshot - and healthy practice would simply sound too obnoxious, intrusive, repetitious and unmusical for others to hear without annoyance.

William Westney

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• Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Book
  • Thought
  • Start

• I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Heart
  • Think

• To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.

  

  Taylor Negron
  • Money
  • Truth
  • Mom

• I don't want to set the world up for surprises.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Up
  • World
  • Want

• I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Think
  • Fall
  • Tree

• No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Place
  • Economy
  • Changes

• Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Chance
  • Try
  • Risks

• Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • God
  • Know
  • Author

• Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't remain fluid, you get lost in the sauce.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • World
  • You
  • Lost

• II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, so I know what that's like to grow up in a culture that's not your own.

  

  Nathalie Kelley
  • Up
  • American
  • Culture

• For makeup, I swear by a base of Embryolisse, Nars concealer, that Bobbie Brown foundation stick, Pat's highlighter, a brow fill-in with dark brown eyeshadow and angle brush, a groom with Anastasia brow gel, an eyelash curl, and two swipes of drugstore mascara.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Dark
  • Makeup
  • Foundation

• In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
  • Different
  • Remember
  • History

• I'm a good friend.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Good
  • Friend
  • Good Friend

• I believe that there are human stocks with whom it is physically unwise to intermarry, but to think that these stocks are all colored or that there are no such white stocks is unscientific and false.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Believe

• I think daily deals are a good idea. Any ad people view as content is a good ad, and that's true for daily-deal ads too.

  

  Matt Cohler
  • People
  • Good
  • True

• We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.

  

  Jaye Davidson
  • Up
  • World
  • Children

• I identify as an agent when I'm agenting, and I identify as an author when I'm writing. I expect both those things to be true for as long as I'm able to do them.

  

  Bill Clegg
  • Long
  • Writing
  • True

• I don't necessarily think fighters should fight killers every time, but at some point in time, fighters should be fighting the best in their division, period.

  

  Andre Ward
  • Time
  • Fighting
  • Period

• It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.

  

  Jena Malone
  • Life
  • Perspective

• There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day your agent calls you us and says, 'guess what, you're a movie star,' and you say, 'Thank you!'

  

  Ellen Barkin
  • Movie
  • Star

• Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.

  

  Ice T
  • Pretty
  • Man
  • Tough

• The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

  

  Jimmy Breslin
  • Money
  • Professional

• The reason so many of us lose our bearings about practising early in life is that we practice in living rooms with other family members in earshot - and healthy practice would simply sound too obnoxious, intrusive, repetitious and unmusical for others to hear without annoyance.

  

  William Westney
  • Reason
  • Practice
  • Healthy