Gail Sheehy Quotes

I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.

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• I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Think
  • Strong
  • Dollar

• It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Young
  • Strange
  • Senior

• If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Time
  • Long
  • Country

• The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Rose

• I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.

  

  Adam Jones
  • People
  • Think
  • Boring

• I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Love
  • Know
  • Kind

• I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • People
  • Music
  • Trying

• The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
  • More
  • Communism
  • Crusade

• It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.

  

  Dan Colen
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• I really don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for.

  

  Sam Bradford
  • Why
  • Earth
  • Relationship

• Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Think
  • Hero
  • motivation

• I love movies, and if the right thing comes along I'm so interested.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Movies
  • Right
  • Thing

• No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • People
  • Real
  • Past

• My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.

  

  Larry Page
  • World
  • Good
  • Great

• Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

  

  Natalie Merchant
  • Me
  • Poetry
  • Comes

• Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

  

  Adam Grant
  • World
  • Believe
  • Inside

• I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Water
  • Find
  • Concrete

• Time was God's first creation.

  

  Walter Lang
  • Time
  • God
  • Creation

• A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP

  

  Leonard Nimoy
  • Life
  • Perfect
  • Moments

• Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president. It takes more than a single individual.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Time
  • World
  • Single

• I've gotten a lot of people saying. 'That is awesome. You're so brave.' I hate when people say brave. I'm not brave. I'm just living my life. Why is that brave?

  

  Oksana Masters
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• While I know that Twitter is doing just fine with or without my 140-character contributions, I also know that people are fickle, and when using something becomes too annoying, they stop.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • People
  • Character
  • Know

• In my books I have lifted bits from various religions in trying to come to a better understanding; I've made use of religious themes and symbols. Now, as the world becomes more pagan, one has to lead people in the same direction in a different way.

  

  Patrick White
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • People
  • Myself
  • Memories