John Niven Quotes

I can still remember my mum (a voracious, if not discriminating, reader - I have seen everything from the sublime to the ridiculous by her bed, from Ian Rankin and Elmore Leonard to Barbara Cartland and James Patterson) taking me to get my library card when I was four and not yet at school.

John Niven

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SchoolMeLibraryRememberI Can

The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It didn't really hit me how important it was until I drew a scene early-on in the book that featured Superman crossing paths with a giant, intergalactic space armada.

Jim Lee

TimeSpaceTomorrowMeBookStory

I used all that doubt as fuel for my own music, fuel for my drive to succeed.

Jody Watley

MusicSucceedDriveDoubtMy Own

I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.

Jessica Chastain

RedProblemsFaceRed LipstickTeeth

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

John Malkovich

FatherMeMeasureWrongComfortable

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

Robert M. Hutchins

EducationThinkTeachMindsPossible

Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

Matt Groening

LoveLove IsGunYouDancingLittle

If we allow Catalonia - and it is none of our business - to separate, others will do the same. I do not want that.

Jean-Claude Juncker

BusinessWantWillOthersSameNone

If you start with a great peach, there's nothing you're ever going to do that's going to make it any better than when it comes off the tree. In 1970, that was a revolution.

Ruth Reichl

GreatTreeStartRevolutionBetter

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

Lou Holtz

TodayYouYesterdayDoneAnything

I do abs every day: regular, weighted crunches and sit-ups every other day, then my obliques and my sides on the alternating day. So I'm working my core every day.

Christopher Gorham

DayEvery DaySidesCoreWorking

I learned about community organizing from my parents. As a child, their stories were so instructive.

Cory Booker

CommunityChildParentsOrganizing

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be.

Philippe Petit

BalanceI AmMeYouWoodShoulder

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