Joan Didion Quotes

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen.

Joan Didion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 5, 1934

Topics

StartThinkingMoralWantSomething

Catchers just aren't glamorous.

Joe Garagiola

GlamorousJust

For me, New York is about anonymity; that's the draw. It's not at all about other people in my business being nearby. It's that I can get on the subway and eavesdrop on conversations that I would never have access to otherwise. That's why I stay. That's why I could never leave.

Jennifer Egan

BusinessNew YorkPeopleMeI Can

Frankly, I think it should be no football until you're physically mature.

Ann McKee

FootballThinkYouMatureI Think

A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.

Andy Murray

SportsUseAthletesPsychologists

When I left my job at Lehman Brothers to start a company, my best friend's mother said, 'How could you leave a sure thing like Lehman to do a silly carpool startup?' That was three months before Lehman went bankrupt.

John Zimmer

FriendMotherBestJobStartYou

I want to make theme-setting music, music that sets a theme without being cliche.

Ski Mask the Slump God

MusicWantThemeWithoutBeingMake

Most theater tells you what to think.

Robert Wilson

ThinkYouMostTheaterTells

I first saw 'West Side Story' on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to MGM. I caught the musical in New York, fell in love with it, bought the album, and memorised the whole thing.

Russ Tamblyn

LoveNew YorkStoryArmyNewFirst

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

PowerGreatWhoHeShouldLightly

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships. I am so lucky to be on the little golden path that led me to all this.

Julia Roberts

LifePathGreatI AmPeopleMe

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

Chelsea Handler

WorkBecomeHardComedian

It's better to train for 4-5 hours a week than to do ten hours one week then nothing for two weeks. It helps your body adapt and also maintains your fitness.

Alistair Brownlee

FitnessBetterWeekBodyTrainTwo

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