Wallace Stegner Quotes
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
Madhuri Dixit -
Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
Pat Burns -
The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations.
Barry Eisler -
Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
Warren Farrell -
There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
'Scott Pilgrim' is something that was a little bit more difficult to put in one box. But, to me, that's not necessarily a bad thing about the movie.
Edgar Wright
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
Samuel E. Morison -
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
Natalie Gulbis -
I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
Vernon L. Smith -
There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
Gaby Hoffmann -
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Abraham Maslow
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
Damian Lewis -
Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
Jack Welch -
We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
Orville Redenbacher -
Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
Tadashi Shoji -
The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
Gary Weiss -
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
Harry Browne
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Sometimes one can improve the theories in the sense of discovering a quicker, more efficient way of doing a given calculation.
John Pople -
True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.
Charlotte Bronte -
We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
Marcus Tullius Cicero -
Water is the true wealth in a dry land.
Wallace Stegner