Andrew Solomon Quotes
The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.Andrew Solomon
Quotes to Explore
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
Walter Martin -
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
Damon Wayans -
I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
Yuvraj Singh -
'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
Harlan Coben -
I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
O. J. Simpson
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This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.
Ed Wood -
Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
Kate Christensen -
I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
J. Cole -
I'm not cynical.
Laura Schlessinger -
Most people don't know how to tell stories.
Ted Rall -
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Saint Augustine
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I've danced my whole life. Martial arts is just fun for me, it's all choreographed a bit like dance. I have done Muay Thai and Wushu, which is cool because it's very fluid dance. I also do Tricking. It's kind of like Taekwondo with the big kicks and flips and showier aspects of martial arts.
Caity Lotz -
I got in trouble for saying I would move my family to Europe, but I said it.
Omari Hardwick -
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
B. F. Skinner -
You know, you have to put bread on the table. So you thank God you got the job.
Gavin MacLeod -
Easy reading is damn hard writing.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
'La La Land' is about the city I live in. It's about the music that I grew up playing; it's about movies that I grew up watching. Even the big spectacle of the movie feels private to me in that way.
Damien Chazelle
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I find that music makes people just sit and listen, firstly. Then, they seem to interpret their own emotions with the music and it makes them ponder their own life a lot. And then they start to question: Am I happy in my work? Am I happy in my relationships? What am I striving for?
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin -
What I can say that's different in American television... in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.
John Barrowman -
I think one thing is that anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever - actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they've had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.
Kay Redfield Jamison -
I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.
Elizabeth Hurley -
Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.
Jessica Alba -
The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.
Andrew Solomon