There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
Stephen Ambrose
Recitation: by Male by Female
I never really sang for anyone, apart from in the shower or with my best friend. I was shy. I didn't want to take voice lessons. I knew I could sing, but I just didn't tell anyone.
Jillian Hervey
FriendBestBest FriendVoiceWant
I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think that's just people assuming things. In some ways, I wish I was raised Episcopalian. I was kind of raised hodgepodge.
Sufjan Stevens
PeopleThinkWishKindTrueI Wish
I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same.
Solange Knowles
StoryThinkSameTellArtists
Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers... It's best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that's a failure.
Tony Bennett
FailureGreatBestLongYouCareer
I wouldn't know what to do retiring. So I have no plans to retire.
Ronald Meyer
KnowPlansRetireRetiring
A lot of ink is given over to mythologizing female friendships as curious, fragile relationships that are always intensely fraught. Stop reading writing that encourages this mythology.
Roxane Gay
CuriousWritingReadingStopOver
Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?
Mike Jackson
ImportantProfessionVery
I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.
Molly Bloom
TalentBelieveEndQuitWillFail
Bose and Einstein had triggered low-temperature experiments that have led to the discovery of new matter. I owe my work and my Nobel to them.
Wolfgang Ketterle
WorkDiscoveryNewMatterOweLed
Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.
Sherrod Brown
LeadershipBrokenCollegePromises
A wedding is such a girl thing.
Selma Blair
GirlWeddingThing
I think it remains a film-by-film process, and since I am relatively selective and slow, it can take a while.
Todd Haynes
I AmThinkProcessSlowTakeSince
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