I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.
Jodie Foster
Recitation: by Male by Female
The novelist in me is probably hiding behind all the stories I write, looking for ways to connect them and continue the conversation with readers. Maybe I'm writing one long narrative, and each book, however different from the last, is just a chapter.
Joanna Scott
MeWritingLookingBookLongWrite
People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.
John Moody
FuturePeoplePossibilitiesWealth
Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
Tom Peters
ChangeGreatEnoughYouSweatAble
I was born in D.C. on 8th Street. I know what's up. I know what time it is. I used to hang out in Brooklyn and in the Bronx as a teenager. I know what the real world is like.
Michael Steele
TimeWorldBrooklynBornKnowReal
I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we'd play piano.
Lisa Loeb
FamilyEducationTexasThinkPlay
Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.
Jason Calacanis
ThinkCompanyI ThinkChipStack
On Mallrats, a lot of times they'd have to come find me. I'd be off hanging around. Looking around the stores, hanging out with people. So, he'd have to come find me.
Jason Mewes
PeopleMeLookingFindOutHanging
I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.
Douglas Wilson
SucceedDesignLookEntertainmentTV
The mistake people that want to be actors make is to move to New York or L.A. right away. But it's like... go act somewhere first. Be an actor. A story is a story, and an audience is an audience, no matter where you're doing it.
Conrad Ricamora
MistakeNew YorkPeopleStoryDoing
Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
Bob Uecker
BaseballPeopleMeLostGoGames
Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me.
Brittany Curran
MePerformanceChoiceClassyActor
'In the nineteenth century, we beat the British more than once,' Afghans often told me. 'In the twentieth century, we beat the Russians. In the twenty-first, if we have to, we'll beat the Americans!'
William T. Vollmann
MeMoreBeatBritishCenturyThan
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