Mika Quotes

They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.

Mika

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I AmPeopleThinkCareYouToo Much

The comics I hate are thieves. Nothing's more disgusting than a guy who steals another person's ideas and tries to claim them as his own.

Joe Rogan

HateIdeasPersonNothingMoreOwn

Some people see writing as a white-collar career, but I've always approached it as a blue-collar writer.

Joe R. Lansdale

PeopleWritingCareerSome People

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

Joaquin Phoenix

WishFairI WishInformedBeingHad

I don't cry easily.

John Grant

CryEasily

Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.

John Oliver

MoneySomeoneYouBackKnowNever

My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

FatherBusinessMomentMeNever

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.

Tracy K. Smith

BrooklynKindRetreatWriter

I don't know any filmmaker who can deconstruct their own work.

Robert Zemeckis

WorkKnowOwnFilmmakerWhoAny

There's no strategy involved in my career decisions. I do whatever roles make my heart beat faster.

Mary Steenburgen

HeartDecisionsStrategyCareerBeat

My grandmother could never have written a memoir, so 'The Gravedigger's Daughter' is a homage to her life, and to the lives of other young women of her generation, which are so rarely articulated.

Joyce Carol Oates

LifeWomenDaughterGenerationYoung

When you're confined to a hospital bed, there aren't many appointments you can make. You await visits from friends and family members. You enjoy the coconut ice cream they smuggle in. You tolerate the erratic and invasive visits of doctors and nurses, hoping that one of them will bring you closer to going home.

Josh Gondelman

FamilyHomeFriends And FamilyEnjoy

Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.

Jonathan Anderson

LifePeopleProcessFindDifficult

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