Anthony Doerr Quotes
When I was a boy, all the books I owned fit on a single shelf. Now I have several thousand stacked around the house.Anthony Doerr
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If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.
Jack Welch -
I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
Sam Rockwell -
Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
Hailey Gates -
My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
Natasha Trethewey -
I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.
Hari Kondabolu -
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
Carl Jung
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
Tahar Rahim -
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
Yousuf Karsh -
Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.
Jack Hanna -
Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
Lajos Kossuth -
Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
Rachel Roy -
They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
Barney Ross
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
Malorie Blackman -
They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
Gamal Abdel Nasser -
I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
Barbara Kingsolver -
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
W. C. Fields -
Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
Laura Linney -
That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
Zach Galifianakis
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I grew up in a house where there were no taboos, so it came originally from a pretty innocent place, where I was shocked at the things that shocked people.
Sarah Silverman -
Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.
Lee H. Hamilton -
When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.
Martin Yan -
And even though people like to furrow their brow like they suspect you're not being honest about yourself, the truth is that they worry that you're not serving their idea of you.
Questlove -
I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.
Eliot Spitzer -
When I was a boy, all the books I owned fit on a single shelf. Now I have several thousand stacked around the house.
Anthony Doerr