Sturgill Simpson Quotes

I'm grateful to all the non-risk-takers.

Sturgill Simpson

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Grateful

Even though she's my younger sister, Becky's definitely a role model in my life. She's the most genuinely positive person I've ever met.

Jennifer Hyman

LifePositiveSisterMy LifePerson

Competition is a sin.

John D. Rockefeller

CompetitionSin

I don't answer the phone or do my email; I don't do anything until I've got the day's writing done. I have a word count for every day: 500 for fiction, 1,000 for non-fiction, and journalism is 1,500. That's a level I can sustain.

John Lanchester

DayWritingEvery DayPhoneI Can

One of my favorite things is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone.

Andy Grammer

CoffeeSomeoneConversationOver

The Supreme Being I would sign up for would not prove his omnipotence by saving one life while ending dozens, or hundreds, or thousands. Nor would he summon an angel to heaven by ending a first grader's life at the hands of a gunman or sadist.

Jeff Greenfield

LifeAngelEndingHandsHeavenUp

The so-called 'last golden age,' in the 1970s, most of those movies were independent films.

Michael Douglas

AgeMoviesGoldenIndependentLast

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

Spike Lee

TodayBeginningCollegeBlackYou

I've learned some quick tricks about how to fix my hair so I can dash somewhere unexpected and still be O.K. when someone stops me to take a picture.

Mikaela Shiffrin

MeHairPictureSomeoneUnexpected

Success: When you make more money than the rest of us, it hurts our feelings.

Mike Gallagher

SuccessMoneyRestYouFeelingsUs

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

Mitch Albom

Getting OlderUnhappyYouAlways

I don't have a grand master plan, but I try to be thoughtful when I can and also silly. It's part of the fun.

Josh Charles

FunPlanSillyThoughtfulI CanTry

I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.

Don Mattingly

TimeThinkNowWantRightJust

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