Lisa Ling Quotes
I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.
Quotes to Explore
-
My work... is my legacy.
-
I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
-
You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
-
I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.
-
I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.
-
Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a sentence, thinking about what word should follow another.
-
I don't ever want to stop making country, and I don't want to stop making electronic music, either.
-
I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
-
I never ever paid attention to any election.
-
I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
-
We're a competitive family - we compete in everything we do: playing cards; if we're walking down the street, we want to be the first one down the block.
-
To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.
-
When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
-
I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.
-
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
-
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
-
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
-
If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
-
Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
-
Looking at numbers as groups of rocks may seem unusual, but actually it's as old as math itself. The word "calculate" reflects that legacy - it comes from the Latin word calculus, meaning a pebble used for counting. To enjoy working with numbers you don't have to be Einstein (German for "one stone"), but it might help to have rocks in your head.
-
I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.
-
Consumers are more interested than ever before to learn about the food they eat.
-
When you have sweated, toiled, had mad dreams, hopeless nightmares, you find yourself in London's streets, cold and dank in the night air. Think — what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.
-
I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China.
