Max McKeown Quotes

Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.

Max McKeown

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CatsSheepSayWantIndependentOwn

I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.

Andris Nelsons

Looking ForwardLookingForwardDoing

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.

Ann Macbeth

WorkMoneyAmericaEnoughUpOwn

Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just gotta remember not to take for granted that person that's closest to you.

Michael Douglas

PeopleRememberYouStrangersPerson

Every day, I need to get better. I need to get stronger. I need to get faster.

Robbie Lawler

DayBetterStrongerEvery DayNeed

A gift shouldn't feel like homework.

Robin Sloan

GiftHomeworkFeelLike

My mother, Minuetta Kessler, was a concert pianist and composer who performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall.

Ronald Kessler

MotherConcertWhoTownPianist

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

SpeakSilentMustCannotThereof

When I start a new novel and find myself diverted by domestic activities, many of which I genuinely enjoy, I panic that I will never write another word.

Christina Baker Kline

MyselfStartEnjoyFindNewNever

Supposedly, some writers work in rowdy coffee shops or compose whole novels to Megadeth, but when I write, I wear a pair of chainsaw operator's earmuffs.

Anthony Doerr

WorkCoffeeWriteWearWholePair

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.

William Graham Sumner

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I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot.

Pia Zadora

ViolenceYouInformationUnderstand

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.

Peter Berg

MoneyYourselfBetterYouMoreHard

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