Instant gratification is not soon enough.
Meryl Streep
Recitation: by Male by Female
I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.
Joan Collins
GoodBeautyPowerBeautifulTimeMe
If someone is genuine, compassionate and kind, that is a turn-on. A sense of humor is a huge turn on, and that goes hand in hand with intelligence.
Jennifer Nettles
HumorIntelligenceSomeoneGenuine
I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?'
Jennifer Weiner
PeopleThinkWindowsSometimesSay
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Jean de La Fontaine
BeastSkinBearNeverSellBefore
I usually sit down at 8 A.M. and work through to 7 P.M., with breaks that total no more than an hour and a half.
Stephanie Laurens
WorkDownMoreThroughSitHalf
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.
Roy Moore
PowerManConstitutionSeparation
I do believe in an afterlife. I try to be at one with people and try to love life as much as I can.
Julia Sawalha
LifeLovePeopleBelieveI CanTry
I'd go to lesbian parties. I felt like I wasn't hard enough to be butch, but I wasn't wearing heels and a skirt - I wasn't femme - so I felt like I was sort of invisible.
Dee Rees
EnoughGoInvisibleHardHeelsLike
Even with the approach that I take in Congress, which is to bring people together to get things done - many people describe that as 'reasonable' - I couldn't vote for John Boehner's re-elect.
Chris Gibson
TogetherPeopleCongressDoneVote
Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.
Christina Ricci
ThinkCareerWellI ThinkFairly
Because these credit agencies operate in the dark, they are allowed to be terribly unfair and unaccountable.
Brian Schatz
CreditDarkUnfairBecauseAllowed
I don't think there is anything wrong with learning from people who are better than you.
Asa Larsson
LearningPeopleThinkBetterYou
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