Alison Lurie Quotes
in a sense much great literature is subversive, since its very existence implies that what matters is art, imagination, and truth. In what we call the real world, on the other hand, what usually counts is money, power, and public success.Alison Lurie
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
Victoria Justice -
When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
Ma Jian -
I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
J. A. Konrath -
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason -
We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
Dan Pink -
I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.
Abby Elliott
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If you want to do interesting software, you have to have a bunch of people do it, because the amount of software that one person can do isn't that interesting.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
Yoko Ono -
Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
Usain Bolt -
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
Ira Sachs -
There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.
La'Porsha Renae
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
Vikas Swarup -
The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
Washed Out -
They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
Florenz Ziegfeld -
No adultery is bloodless.
Natalia Ginzburg -
If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
T. C. Boyle
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'Tis pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print;A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Lord Byron -
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
Martin Luther -
If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.
Lindsay Fox -
I've always been a big Cate Blanchett fan. Such a wonderful role model, the way she carries herself through her profession. She has so much grace to her, and so much intelligence. I've also always been a big Katharine Hepburn fan.
Elizabeth Debicki -
'Do the Right Thing' has been a big influence on me. I saw it when it first came out in 1989. I was about 18, and it blew me away on many levels - I had never seen anything like it before.
Asif Kapadia -
in a sense much great literature is subversive, since its very existence implies that what matters is art, imagination, and truth. In what we call the real world, on the other hand, what usually counts is money, power, and public success.
Alison Lurie