I think we're all pretty odd.
Michael Tippett
Recitation: by Male by Female
The celebrity sense of writers is something which is very tempting... But the enthusiasm comes from the fact that it's such a natural activity, storytelling.
Jim Crace
EnthusiasmCelebrityStorytelling
When trust works out right, it can be absolutely magical.
Joe Gebbia
TrustRightOutMagicalAbsolutely
I've never wanted to be a lady who lunches - I've always wanted to be a woman who works.
Meghan Markle
WomanLadyNeverAlwaysWhoWanted
All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view.
Max Weber
KnowledgeRealityViewAlwaysMay
Can we please agree that in the real world, corporations exist for one purpose and one purpose only - to make as much money as possible, which means cutting costs as much as possible?
Robert Reich
MoneyPurposeWorldPossibleReal
I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.
Alyson Stoner
SuccessPeopleYouAimOverBecause
I think the most important trait for an entrepreneur is persistence. When you try to do something new and difficult, you are more likely to fail than to succeed.
Trip Adler
PersistenceSucceedThinkYouNew
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards.
Roberto Benigni
MeKnowFirstOutsideBackwardsSaw
The Putin regime's income comes from oil and gas exports. If we could crash the price of these commodities, we could bankrupt the regime.
Robert Zubrin
PriceOilIncomeGasCommodities
In one take, I had to do 24 combat sequences, which is hard. It makes you think, 'I'd better get on my toes again.'
Michelle Yeoh
ThinkBetterYouHardTakeGet
For me, most writing consists of siphoning out useless pre-story matter, cutting and cutting and cutting, what seems to be endless rewriting, and what is entailed in all that is patience, and waiting, and false starts, and dead ends, and really, in a way, nerve.
Deborah Eisenberg
PatienceWaitingMeWritingWayOut
When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday.
Clive Thompson
BirthdayBaseballSpaceYouNewOut
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