Wayne Gerard Trotman Quotes

I have been so very, very fortunate in my life. I've met or been in contact with several of my childhood heroes. I've interacted with people all over this planet, and even though I couldn't possibly hope to remember all their names, I remember a photograph, a poem, a sound, a joke, kind words of encouragement. All is not lost.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

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• For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.

  

  Caitlin Doughty
  • People
  • World
  • Home

• The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl of West Seattle High, I tried to live up to it.

  

  Frances Farmer
  • People
  • Up
  • Live

• Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Rock
  • Doubt

• I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • People
  • Thought
  • Envy

• People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.

  

  Kate Bush
  • People
  • Said
  • Wrong

• Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

  

  Ed Koch
  • People
  • Art
  • Poetry

• When we were on 'The X Factor,' we didn't realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn't really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed.

  

  Zayn Malik One Direction
  • People
  • Week
  • Fame

• To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • People
  • Faith
  • Mystic

• Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • People
  • Story
  • Just

• There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • People
  • America
  • Day

• I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Myself
  • Better

• People do think you're more intelligent if you have dark hair. But my husband definitely prefers me as a blonde.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • People
  • Dark
  • Hair

• I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Life
  • May

• There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.' Those are all put-downs. I'm all about pick-ups. You have to pick people up and pay it forward.

  

  Nate Robinson
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

  

  Cornel West
  • People

• I have women working in high positions. I was one of the first people to put women in charge of big construction jobs. And, you know, I've had a great relationship with women.

  

  Donald Trump
  • People
  • Great
  • Women

• The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.

  

  James Hillman
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any big pressure. 'The Gathering' did hang over me in that it was darker than I thought at the time.

  

  Anne Enright
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I liked the clear morality of 1941, when you had no doubt about good and evil. There was a lot of idealism, people fighting for a cause. People are searching for morality today.

  

  David L. Wolper
  • People
  • Good
  • Today

• Airbnb is about the nexus of the online and offline to create the perfect customer experience.

  

  Joe Gebbia
  • Experience
  • Perfect

• I went to sleep last night and I arose with the dawn, I know that there are others who're still sleeping on, They've gone away, You've let me stay, I want to thank You.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Night
  • Sleep
  • Others

• Attention leads to immortality. Carelessness leads to death. Those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Death
  • Attention
  • Immortality

• I have been so very, very fortunate in my life. I've met or been in contact with several of my childhood heroes. I've interacted with people all over this planet, and even though I couldn't possibly hope to remember all their names, I remember a photograph, a poem, a sound, a joke, kind words of encouragement. All is not lost.

  

  Wayne Gerard Trotman
  • People
  • Remember
  • Kind