Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes

Man can only be what he sees himself to be, and only attain what he sees himself attaining.

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• I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • War
  • Think
  • Middle East

• I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.

  

  Rachel Shelley
  • Happy
  • Gay
  • Boat

• The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.

  

  Ted Strickland
  • Education
  • Connection
  • Healthy

• My witness is the empty sky.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Sky
  • Empty
  • Witness

• I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Choices
  • Tears
  • Product

• What I've discovered and try to integrate into my show is when you're up there, and you are loud and more visible, you're setting a tone for how people can behave and how they can feel comfortable behaving.

  

  K. Flay
  • People
  • Up
  • Feel

• In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Control
  • First
  • Standards

• It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me.' Being popular is poison.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Good
  • Comedy
  • Popular

• When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Always
  • Loved
  • Skateboarding

• Since the form is only an expression of the content and the content is different with different artists, it is then clear that there can be many different forms at the same time which are equally good. Necessity creates the form. Fish which live at great depths have no eyes. The elephant has a trunk. The chameleon changes its color, and so forth.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Time
  • Good
  • Great

• I've gotten a lot more comfortable with the audition process, but there's something that really turned me off initially when I was younger, to auditioning. The idea that I couldn't get to the person that was actually making the film really frustrated me.

  

  Amy Seimetz

• Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.

  

  Jimmy Stewart

• For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs.

  

  Jon Pardi

• As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work.

  

  Jennifer Lawrence
  • Life
  • Work
  • Tired

• The one thing about 'Beautiful Creatures,' 'The Host' and 'The Mortal Instruments,' which are all well-made movies, is that they were all infected with a dreadful sincerity.

  

  Mark Waters
  • Beautiful

• My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever.

  

  Frankie Ballard
  • Country
  • Family
  • Guy

• I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • People
  • Mind
  • Want

• We are now living in an age which doubts both fact and value. It is the life of this age that we wish to see and judge.

  

  Flannery O'Connor
  • Life
  • Age
  • Wish

• I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all.

  

  Tom Hanks
  • Price
  • Entertain
  • What

• Solitude is a wonderful thing in two ways. First, it allows a man to be with himself, and second, it prevents him being with others.

  

  Paul Hoffman
  • Being
  • Solitude
  • Others

• I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Giving
  • Worry
  • Coffee

• I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Live
  • Songwriter
  • Inward

• Man can only be what he sees himself to be, and only attain what he sees himself attaining.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
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