Carol Windley Quotes

I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very small aspects of human life. I like movies that have a very narrow focus. I can see how it might be viewed as limiting, but I don't experience it that way.

Carol Windley

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• I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Great
  • Remember
  • Building

• Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

  

  Yannis Stournaras
  • Difficult
  • Patience
  • Lie

• I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • World
  • Family
  • Love

• Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Me
  • Dad
  • Kind

• History's a resource.

  

  Laura Linney
  • History
  • Resource

• I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.

  

  Victoria Jackson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Reason

• My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Kind
  • Never
  • Min­i­mal­ism

• Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.

  

  Karel Capek
  • World
  • Work
  • Men

• For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.

  

  Gary Frank
  • Up
  • Good
  • Work

• I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.

  

  Ferid Murad
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Education

• Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Time
  • Knows
  • Fight

• I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Reason
  • Care
  • Things

• The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportunities because I am a tennis player. And I don't mind that.

  

  Venus Williams
  • People
  • Mind
  • Player

• What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • Great
  • Why
  • Opportunity

• Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

  

  Lady Bird Johnson
  • Good
  • Flame
  • Committee

• I'm a very lucky girl.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Girl
  • Lucky
  • Very

• The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Work
  • Money
  • Business

• I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.

  

  Eden Sher
  • Why
  • Energy
  • Always

• The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

  

  Franz Grillparzer
  • Men
  • Different
  • Women

• Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family.

  

  Ashley Olsen
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Parents

• Win pretty, win ugly, just win.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Pretty
  • Win
  • Ugly

• There are three things I look for in a story - it has to be a thriller; I cannot see myself writing literary fiction or a saga! There has to be a historical connection; otherwise, the adrenalin will not flow. And I will try to bridge the gap between 'Rozabal' and 'Chanakya'.

  

  Ashwin Sanghi
  • Writing
  • Connection
  • Bridge

• It would be nice to be in one place for a while and have a social life again and get a job. But I'm not qualified to do anything. That's the problem.

  

  Jehane Noujaim
  • Life
  • Job
  • Nice

• I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very small aspects of human life. I like movies that have a very narrow focus. I can see how it might be viewed as limiting, but I don't experience it that way.

  

  Carol Windley
  • Life
  • Work
  • Writing