Mariella Frostrup Quotes

When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure.

Mariella Frostrup

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• It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Together
  • Success
  • Team

• Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

  

  Tama Janowitz
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Books

• There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • People
  • Never
  • Forgive

• Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.

  

  Eberhard Weber
  • Up
  • Time
  • Jazz

• My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • Vision
  • Creative
  • Ability

• I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • School
  • Think
  • Training

• I'm irrational about all things creative, and I'm always late!

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • Always
  • Creative
  • Late

• When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

  

  Ellen Key
  • Imagination

• I'm constantly paranoid that I'll be unemployed for the rest of my life... and have to go back folding shirts at the Gap, which you know... you gotta do what you gotta do.

  

  Constance Wu
  • Life
  • Rest

• I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.

  

  Brian Herbert
  • Up
  • Time
  • Growing

• When you start out, you have to make compromises, which include doing films of lower quality.

  

  Phoebe Cates
  • Quality

• 'OLTL' was a bootcamp for me, and I was lucky to be a part of it. It was a great experience and met great long-term friends from it.

  

  Lenny Platt
  • Great
  • Long
  • Experience

• For me, I feel like I relate to a lot of people.

  

  Kris Allen
  • People

• I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in the morning, and I start working. And I don't allow anybody to come in that room. I work on yellow pads and with ballpoint pens. I keep a Bible, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and a bottle of sherry. I stay there until midday.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Work
  • House
  • Keep

• To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.

  

  Dennis Banks
  • Family
  • Respect
  • Honor

• I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

  

  Andrea Hirata
  • People
  • Legacy

• History is a certain way, but you just change the point of view a little bit, and you discover a whole new side of it.

  

  Allison Schroeder
  • History

• No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.

  

  Jami Attenberg
  • Writing
  • Money
  • Job

• I'm not a big AA guy, but I'll go every once in a while. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. It seems like a simple thing to say, but it's really true.

  

  Jason Isbell
  • People
  • True
  • Guy

• We have to be cognizant of the fact that they've had foreign fighters coming to volunteer for them, foreign money, foreign weapons, so we have to make this the top priority.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Money
  • Priority
  • Volunteer

• I remembered staffing a volunteer table for ACT UP in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in 1991, on the corner of Castro and 18th Street, and on my table were posters, stickers, and t-shirts that bore the same slogan in all caps - ACT UP slogan house style. I wore one of those shirts to model for passers-by.

  

  Alexander Chee
  • Up
  • House
  • Style

• Occasionally I volunteer in the kitchen of a pop-up supper club in L.A., which I really love. It's like being a line cook in a great restaurant for one night at a time.

  

  Lauren Kate
  • Up
  • Time
  • Great

• I looked like this when I was young, and I still do.

  

  Yogi Berra

• When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure.

  

  Mariella Frostrup
  • Volunteer