Rumaan Alam Quotes

Among this country's enduring myths is that success is virtuous, while the wealth by which we measure success is incidental. We tell ourselves that money cannot buy happiness, but what is incontrovertible is that money buys stuff, and if stuff makes you happy, well, complete the syllogism.

Rumaan Alam

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SuccessHappinessMoneyHappyYou

I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

John C. Reilly

LifePerfectActorNeverEmployee

Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever.

John Logan

ExperienceWorkingMostMovieEver

Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they have to sit down and create this finished, polished product.

Jeff Mangum

CreativityPeopleThinkFeelDown

My friend Fred Coury, the drummer in '80s rock band Cinderella, told me that in the rock world, you're either still there, or you're struggling to get back to where you were.

Steve Valentine

FriendMeWorldYouBackRock

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

Joseph Conrad

LifeLoveHopeHeartTrustMan

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

ArtRichThinkingBetterYouCraft

I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement.

Jonathan Galassi

WorkTimePeopleTalkingWant

Design and branding are inextricably linked to the way in which society, culture, the environment, and business interact.

Debbie Millman

BusinessCultureSocietyDesignWay

I was born into a middle class family in New Jersey. My dad came home from serving in the Army after having lost his father, worked in the Breyers ice cream plant in Newark, New Jersey. Was the first person to graduate from college.

Chris Christie

FamilyFatherHomeCollegePlant

Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.

Annette Lu

FreedomDemocracyEnjoyFastDegree

I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting.

William T. Vollmann

WritingWorldInterestingEnjoyIdea

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody.

Seth Lloyd

KnowledgeScienceThoseAnybody

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