Mary Gaitskill Quotes

Not being locked into one set of feelings, which you run the risk of mistaking for the truth, you have greater and more intense access to all feeling states, including those you would never choose to act out.

Mary Gaitskill

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TruthYouChooseFeelingsRunNever

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

Jillian Hervey

BedWithoutLeaveAnywhereMaking

Unfortunately, sometimes the fans forget who puts the money and passion into the club. It's funny, but when you win, it's the coach and the players who are responsible, but when you lose, it's the owner's fault; but that's football.

Andrea Della Valle

FunnyPassionMoneyFootballWin

I like to know that my actors or my performers are going into it with the same amount of passion that I have for the project. They're as dedicated to achieving as I am.

Melina Matsoukas

PassionI AmKnowAchievingProject

There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.

John Legend

ConfidenceWorldWayBeingSure

What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas.

Robert Mueller

LegalTableBringUnitedOnlyOur

Most people can't see beauty and love. I see our music as medicine.

Maurice White

LoveBeautyMusicPeopleMedicine

People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning.

John Scalzi

MorningDayWordsPeopleWriting

You've got to be vulnerable when you're talking to kids. There's nothing worse than some adult standing up there just talking down to some kid. You can't work that way.

Steve Harvey

WorkTalkingYouDownNothingWay

Whether it's a movie I'm in or not, if there's a good movie, and it's low budget, and you know everyone's done it just because they were passionate about it and they cared for it, if it has any kind of audience, it's just a wonderful outcome.

Toni Collette

GoodBudgetYouJust BecauseKnow

I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.

Roger McGuinn

MoneyRoadWantKindActJust

I think that no relationship goes completely according to plan or the way you wished it had.

Colin Trevorrow

RelationshipThinkPlanYouWayHad

Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.

Colleen Ballinger

SaidMoreSomethingHatedHater

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