Jim Carroll Quotes

Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of variations... With basketball, you can correct your own mistakes, immediately and beautifully, in midair.

Jim Carroll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1949 - September 11, 2009

Topics

FearMistakesPoetryBasketballYou

Every job I do, I feel like it is an amazing opportunity. I try to throw myself into every role with everything I have.

Jennifer Connelly

OpportunityMyselfJobAmazingFeel

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.

Jeremy Gilley

WarSufferingConflictWorldWant

Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of loopholes, which many companies are sure to fight. And whatever new, lower tax rate is determined, there will probably be another country willing to lower its rate further, creating a sad race to zero.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

SadFightPracticeToughNewNice

Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

John Lasseter

BusinessBestQualitySimplePlan

I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.

Robert Palmer

MusicStyleBelieveFeelingsSide

I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.

Jeff Bridges

GreatPhotographyWayFoundSet

It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.

Rupert Murdoch

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It took me a long time to understand the relationship between ideas and between objective facts. But after I clearly understood this relationship, I didn't fool around with other wild ideas. That is one of the main reasons why I just make my scheme as simple as possible.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

RelationshipTimeSimpleFoolIdeas

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.

Jean de la Bruyere

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Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

Derek Bok

EducationGrowthHigher Education

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

FriendshipWomenFootballMenTreat

She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.

Anne Bronte

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