John Lanchester Quotes

I've always been interested in rootedness - mainly, I suppose, because I had very little experience of it.

John Lanchester

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ExperienceAlwaysLittleBeenVery

Great leaders inspire incredible loyalty in their followers and subordinates.

Joe Lonsdale

LoyaltyGreatInspireFollowers

I like to do a couple of yoga classes during the week. Yoga for me is more of an elongating thing.

Jessica Biel

MeWeekMoreLikeYogaThing

You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and the costume designer comes and gives you choices and sometimes they're all good, and I say, 'What do you think?' and they pick the right thing.

John Sayles

GoodChoicesThinkYouSometimes

Even if you're working a day-to-day job in the meantime to support your creative endeavors, you shouldn't give up, and make sure you don't lose focus.

Amber Stevens

FocusJobCreativeSupportYouLose

The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

Tommy Lee

PeopleMeThinkCareSayMore

The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.

Tony Abbott

PeopleFlyProblemKnowOutSuffer

We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s.

RuPaul

PeopleLanguageGayRaceSecret

I don't think 'Freak Dance' is a parody; it's more reference than anything. People don't think of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' as a 'Frankenstein' parody. It's kind of like that.

Matt Besser

DancePeopleThinkPictureKind

I gained over 100 lbs. that I could never lose. My hair was falling out. I was tired all the time. I couldn't maintain muscle. I had no energy. It gave me some relief that there was something actually wrong with me and I wasn't crazy, but it was really hard knowing that there is something wrong with my body and I couldn't fix it.

Michelle Carter

TimeTiredMeCrazyHairEnergy

People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'

Joyce Meyer

PeopleThinkWhyTryAnythingFail

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

Judi Dench

MeControlTheatreYouContrast

It all started with my father's directorial debut, 'En Raasavin Manasile,' which starred Raj Kiran sir as the lead.

Dhanush

FatherLeadStartedDebutSirWhich

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