Jim C. Hines Quotes

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.

Jim C. Hines

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SurviveTryingPerfectAdaptBreak

If you're going to do a job, do it right. If you're going to throw a birthday party, make it amazing. If you're going to do anything, do it awesome.

Jimmy John Liautaud

BirthdayJobAmazingYouParty

Blacks had a huge role in settling the West, but you'd never know it from Western movies.

Melvin Van Peebles

YouKnowMoviesNeverWestRole

May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.

May Sarton

LifeBestFashionTryCrystalOut

I love 'Lawrence of Arabia,' big sweeping films. I want my films to feel that way, to be on a big canvas.

Jeff Nichols

LoveFeelWantWayCanvasBig

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

Tommy Lasorda

SayPleaseTooGrownups

When something is so hot, I don't want to just jump on it right away. I want to take it home and make sure I give it my best shot.

Missy Elliott

HomeBestJumpWantHotRight

When you hire a nanny, the question you ask yourself is, 'What's best for my precious child?' And do you really want someone who feels that your motive in life is to minimize the amount you spend on your child?

Janet Yellen

LifeBestYourselfChildSomeone

I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.

Bob McDonnell

LifeRespectCultureThinkBetter

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

LifeGratitudeKindNeverPayOnly

Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.

Tom Bodett

SchoolMeWayTalkWriteNeed

I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film Society, to just being in a film world. It's a life that I wanted to inhabit. I think everyone has the opportunity to do that in this world - it's just, are you gonna work for it, and how much does it mean to you?

Richard Linklater

LifeWorkOpportunityTimeWorld

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

Noam Chomsky

CommitmentWhiteClassUpDemocrats

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