Daniel Olivas Quotes

I like to envision the creation of a short story collection as being like putting together a jazz album. Yes, there's logic and literary structures imposed by me, but at the same time, all the tracks are shaped and ordered in a much more improvisational manner. The guiding principle for me is whether or not a story adds a layer or texture to the overall collection.

Daniel Olivas

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• So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Long
  • Women
  • Past

• I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Breakfast
  • Short
  • Lunch

• I still keep my accent.

  

  Samantha Fox
  • Keep
  • Still
  • Accent

• Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Know
  • Sometimes
  • Fabulous

• Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Food
  • Healthy
  • Order

• A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Just
  • News
  • Entertainment

• I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Trying
  • Leadership
  • Opportunities

• I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Character
  • Want
  • Understand

• I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Feel
  • Emotions
  • Make

• The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Time
  • Long
  • Done

• I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Children
  • Friends
  • Parents

• Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.

  

  Ovid
  • Powerful
  • Chance
  • Pool

• I realised I'd been spoiled at Liverpool. We were used to winning. In Italy I grew up as a person. I didn't enjoy the football, mind. It was very defensive, but I became a better player because of the work I had to do around the box. Off the pitch, I learned about what to eat and what to drink to be successful, and I learned about life.

  

  Ian Rush
  • Life
  • Up
  • Work

• The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Memory
  • Your
  • Proven

• When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Guy

• What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?

  

  Paracelsus
  • Cure
  • Physician
  • Origin

• Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main character, private detective Rad Bradley, to have. I also knew that the world was far larger than what I'd presented in book one.

  

  Adam Christopher
  • World
  • Writing
  • Character

• One of my favorite comedies is 'Groundhog Day' and 'Scrooged.' I love Bill Murray, and I think he's a great example of an actor who is funny.

  

  Fiona Gubelmann
  • Great
  • Love
  • Funny

• All lovely things will have an ending,All lovely things will fade and die,And youth, that's now so bravely spending,Will beg a penny by and by.

  

  Conrad Aiken
  • Die

• When we did Cubist paintings, our intention was not to produce Cubist paintings but to express what was within us. No one laid down a course of action for us, and our friends the poets followed our endeavour attentively but they never dictated it to us.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Friends
  • Action

• I think that what we've been able to do is put together both a good group of scholars and analysts and people who aggressively want to make the case to the American public.

  

  John Podesta
  • People
  • Good
  • American

• The more success I have with track and field the bigger my brand is. So I would say I'm more of a brand now, trying to build for the future.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Trying
  • Future
  • Success

• I like to envision the creation of a short story collection as being like putting together a jazz album. Yes, there's logic and literary structures imposed by me, but at the same time, all the tracks are shaped and ordered in a much more improvisational manner. The guiding principle for me is whether or not a story adds a layer or texture to the overall collection.

  

  Daniel Olivas
  • Together
  • Creation
  • Logic