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Marya Mannes Quotes

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1904 - September 13, 1990

Topics

Talent Arrogance Timing Successful

I came out to L.A. in '78 to be a musician. I didn't get into comedy until the mid-Eighties.

Comedy Out Get Musician I Came Came

I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that's the case, that's good parenting.

Good Great Parenting Happy Think

When you are a public personality, you can't afford to be a recluse.

Personality You Recluse Public

I'm always champing at the bit to try everything new. It's a terrible quality that I have.

Quality New Try Always Everything

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Work Good Women Child Care I Can

There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Eyes Spirit Matter More See Pure

If you're a photographer, they give you a camera. If you're a writer, they give you a typewriter. If you're an umpire, they give you an unseen object and they call it a strike zone, and nobody seems to agree with you no matter what you call.

Camera You Nobody Photographer Agree

I couldn't really justify playing for money, and I think what I wanted to achieve put me at too great a risk, so I just decided on another profession.

Great Money Me Think Achieve Risk

I walked into a demo session one time, and a guy said, 'I'm thinking kind of like a Trace Adkins thing.' And I looked him right in the eye and said, 'Man, you've got the wrong guy. I'm gonna have to fire myself. You've got to hire somebody else.'

Chris Stapleton

Time Myself Fire Man Eye Thinking

Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She's gorgeous, she's smart, and she really takes care of herself. I think that she looks great. I think that as Jennifer Aniston gets older, she looks better and better, and I really like that.

Great Food Smart Me Think Better

Amy Adams is a lucky woman. Not only is she one of Hollywood's most talented actresses, with five Oscar nominations under her fashionable belt, she actually smells sexy.

Susannah Cahalan

Woman Sexy Hollywood Lucky She Her

The main thing as a director, you always want to have a bit of a worry about the material you're going to get yourself into. You want to be a bit scared of it so that you have that excitement of having to climb the mountain.

Mountain Yourself Climb Worry You

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