Dana Goodyear Quotes
Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
Quotes to Explore
-
Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
-
Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
-
A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
-
I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
-
I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
-
One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
-
The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
-
Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
-
After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
-
Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
-
The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
-
'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
-
I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
-
Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
-
I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
-
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
-
Cussing ain't for everybody.
-
I think L.A. radio is learning from the Bay. The Bay is a very classic place. Mac Mall, C-Bo, all that stuff, they love their artists, they're old school up there. My first big concert was playing in the Bay; I played the Fillmore.
-
The Bible is very resonant. It has everything: creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the Bible, and all great writers have drawn from it and more than people realise, whether Shakespeare, Herman Melville or Bob Dylan.
-
Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.
-
Most of the things are either not communicable through human expression or they're top secret. Also I'm working on being a better person, and becoming more disciplined.
-
My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous.
-
I always knew I wanted to start my own line. Nights and weekends, I would work on my business plan.
-
Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
