Michael Tolkin Quotes

On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.

Michael Tolkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1950

Topics

LifeCarDaughterMondayImpossible

Shakespeare was the thing that started me off on that train, you know, and every one of his plays. There are so many different characters, and the wonderful thing about being in an all-girls school was I got to play them all, you know. So I got to play Mercutio and Oberon and Malvolio - it was great.

Andrea Riseborough

GreatSchoolMeYouTrainPlay

I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me.

Maya Angelou

LifeLiveGodMyselfPeopleMe

America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.

John McCain

PeopleAmericaChooseHumanCultures

I think the most destructive thing is fear: when people don't want to say what they think.

Amanda Harlech

FearPeopleThinkSayWantMost

I was seen as a traitor for marrying a Muslim - a Pakistani at that.

Amitava Kumar

TraitorSeenMuslimMarrying

For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

Amanda Crew

MyselfChallengeMeGrowingWant

My people are my people. They love me and I love them. I would not be here without them.

Steven Seagal

LovePeopleMeLove MeWithoutHere

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

Ronald Steel

PoliticsBattleWaySpectacleGiven

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

Michael Storm

MusicGuitarBackRageUsBanjo

People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that. Opposite shows, opposite coasts, opposite demographics, opposite everything - I love it, man!

Michael Strahan

LoveTruthManPeopleMeTruth Is

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.

Mitt Romney

FreedomWalkDoorWorldOthersUp

I spent money, I slept with women around the league, but I always kept my mind on the game.

Dennis Rodman

WomenMoneyMindGameAlwaysAround

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