Alexi Zentner Quotes

I grew up reading thrillers, science fiction, fantasy - you name it - and one day I asked myself if there was a reason why a fear of spiders was so common. Was there something buried deep in our evolutionary history that made being scared of spiders a survival instinct?

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• I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.

  

  Harlan Ellison
  • Thinking
  • Mind
  • Stupid

• I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Want
  • Shows
  • Mysterious

• My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • People
  • Reality
  • Present

• I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Myself
  • Doing
  • Mystery

• I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Work
  • motivation
  • Work Hard

• Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Think

• Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • Ability
  • Over
  • Disability

• There is no better high than discovery.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • High
  • Better
  • Discovery

• Don't wallow in brainstorming. Time spent fiddling with a business plan or filling up whiteboards with ideas is time that you could spend actually launching your business and seeing if the idea floats. Launching gives you real, solid feedback, instead of the imaginary 'what if' scenarios dreamed up in a conference room.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Up
  • Time
  • Real

• World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • World
  • Country
  • Fun

• Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

  

  T. Harv Eker
  • Money
  • Remember
  • Control

• My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Film
  • First
  • Regret

• If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Going
  • Colour
  • Inequality

• You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Believe
  • Know
  • Equality

• I've always thought about my legacy - more so, though, my impact off the field and how I'm helping my community and solidifying and strengthening the lives of others around me. And also, I just want to be a dominant football player, too. So it encompasses everything.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Community
  • Football
  • Player

• We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
  • People
  • Privacy
  • Behind

• My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Marriage

• Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Anger
  • Loneliness
  • Insecurity

• Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.

  

  Christian Dior
  • Rest

• Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.

  

  Ben Goldacre
  • World
  • Knowledge

• Think against your feelings; unmask the unbelief they have nourished; let evangelical thinking correct emotional thinking.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Thinking
  • Feelings
  • Emotional

• With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. It's not just like I'm showing up and there's another actor on the call sheet; you're very attached to it.

  

  Alia Shawkat
  • Up
  • Independent

• As I've said a million times, I'm obsessed with Liya Kebede's LemLem line. The pieces, made by artisans in her native Ethiopia, are perfect for summer! I'm also a big fan of jewelry line Lulu Frost. Designer Lisa Salzer and I have been friends forever, and I love how she incorporates vintage pieces into her jewelry.

  

  Amanda Hearst
  • She
  • Friends
  • Perfect

• I grew up reading thrillers, science fiction, fantasy - you name it - and one day I asked myself if there was a reason why a fear of spiders was so common. Was there something buried deep in our evolutionary history that made being scared of spiders a survival instinct?

  

  Alexi Zentner
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