Mona Simpson Quotes

The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.

Mona Simpson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1957

Topics

MotherManBossMeNameIce Cream

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

Joey Skaggs

MeProfessionalDutyGetComePress

With things like Facebook, it's really easy to think that you know someone that you really don't.

Megan M. Duffy

ThinkSomeoneEasyYouKnowThings

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.

Michael Connelly

PeopleControlBookConfidentYou

I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night.

Tracee Ellis Ross

LifeFunnyDatingPeopleNightYou

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Tony Robbins

ResponsibilityWhateverTakeHappens

I think it is over-rated. Whenever I go to an Italian restaurant, I never get the tiramisu.

Rob Reiner

ThinkRestaurantGoNeverGet

'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous.

Rufus Sewell

WorkTimeTheatreTryingCountry

Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.

Ross Perot

CreativityMistakesPeopleMoving

As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was for their predecessors - the Soviets and, before them, the British.

Mohammed Omar

FutureGodFireHellDefeatWill

It's refreshing going from getting picked on in middle school to getting my name screamed out across the street.

Lucas Till

SchoolNameStreetRefreshingOut

Temptation's something you have to deal with even if you're not famous. It's harder when you're famous because it's a lot more in your face, and that makes it a little more difficult to walk away from sometimes.

Denis Leary

WalkFaceFamousYouTemptation

We're all making decisions to make ourselves happy and our families happy. That doesn't take away what we've done together and the special bond that we created and the special bond that we have and just all the memories that we had together. That will never change. As you move forward, you appreciate those moments and keep going forward.

Chris Bosh

ChangeMemoriesKeep GoingTogether

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