Michael Dirda Quotes

Sometimes the very best of all summer books is a blank notebook. Get one big enough, and you can practice sketching the lemon slice in your drink or the hot lifeguard on the beach or the vista down the hill from your cabin.

Michael Dirda

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BestBeachPracticeEnoughYouDown

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Jim Rohn

EducationSuccessYouLivingWill

Women of my generation who've stayed in science have done it by playing the men at their own game.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

WomenScienceMenGameGeneration

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

Joe Eszterhas

SuccessStarsThingsStillLikeOur

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

Joel Osteen

GoodAttitudeFutureGodFaithHope

I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.

Ang Lee

LifeWorkMy LifeChooseLiving

I believe Jews are compassionate people because of what we've suffered. We must not put that suffering onto others.

Miriam Margolyes

PeopleSufferingBelieveI Believe

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.

Judith Viorst

WifeHusbandWonderfulCouldAnother

Members of the LGBT community should feel welcome and know their rights are protected regardless of what state they reside in.

Jared Polis

CommunityWelcomeFeelKnowRights

I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in.

Don Bluth

ThinkArtistBackJumpRingOut

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

Deborah Norville

AmazingYouThings HappenTrueWho

That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they have hopes and dreams is taken away from people of color in their representation.

Boots Riley

DreamsPeopleColorBlackThinkYou

It's time to update traditional public schools, charter schools, home schools, online schools and parochial schools. Let the dollars follow the child instead of forcing the child to follow the dollars, so that every child has the opportunity to attain an education.

Bobby Jindal

EducationHomeOpportunityTime

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