Jim McKelvey Quotes

When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did.

Jim McKelvey

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Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

Joe Jamail

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When you draw or paint a tree, you do not imitate the tree; you do not copy it exactly as it is, which would be mere photography. To be free to paint a tree or a flower or a sunset, you have to feel what it conveys to you: the significance, the meaning of it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character.

Jeremy Renner

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As far as I can tell, 1968 is a year about change, about revolution, about violence, about people turning inwards as community breaks down.

Matthew Weiner

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No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

Anna Pavlova

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I need a coffee, I'm a cold coffee guy. That's how I do.

Rob Riggle

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Most of the songs I write are just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.

Rivers Cuomo

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In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War,' as it was called until 1939.

Michael Korda

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You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up!

Donny Osmond

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I don't really think about my future. I don't really worry about anything. I just try not to spend all my money.

Christopher Masterson

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Of course I'm happy with my time in professional wrestling. I met some great people, I met my wife, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

CM Punk

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My son has been the best thing that has happened in my life. He has been amazing, and he is truly heaven-sent. And so, I just feel all that love.

Ciara

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