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John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

John D. Rockefeller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937

Topics

Giving Way Investing Same Just

I'm a troglodyte. I think that's the word for it. Like an old school weird person who throws bricks at their computers.

School Computers Think Weird Person

My first professional gig was 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Drury Lane Oakbrook... I was in the ensemble. I was one of the ladies in waiting, and I covered Winnifred.

Waiting Professional First Lane Once

I loved being on the set with my stepfather. I loved the magic of movies. I went on the set of 'The Mod Squad' - I mean, can you imagine? Just walking into a living room and then walking behind the living room, and it's just flat. There's nothing I love more than being on a sound stage.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Love Loved Walking Magic You Living

They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.

See Only Themselves Athletes

What 'True Blood' does really well is that it balances on the line between good and evil - you blur the distinction between the two.

Robert Kazinsky

Good Good And Evil Evil Blur You

In 1969, when I was still living in London, I had gone with some friends to see 'Easy Rider' in a movie theater in Piccadilly Circus and had returned alone some days later to see it again. It was Jack's combination of ease and exuberance that had captured me from the moment he had come on-screen.

Anjelica Huston

Alone Moment Me Friends Easy Living

For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound.

Solange Knowles

Music Me Independence You Know Way

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

Nobody Committee Statue Built Ever

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

Funny Step Me Friends Circle Quiet

With each book, you get better as a writer. There is no back door to the industry. Read in the genre you want to write, as the more you read, the better you will get as an author.

Door Book Better You Back Want

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Failure Business World Fail Terrible

I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.

Deborah Moggach

Father Mother Bad Lazy Comparison

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