Mitch Albom Quotes

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.

Mitch Albom

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I think comedy is so specific, so hard. I'd audition for comedies and think, 'I can't pull this off.'

Melissa Fumero

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Certainly, I seem to need to do a play a year. I feel wrong if I haven't got one planned.

Michael Gambon

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When I was reporting crime... I never had the sense of clockwork conspiracies or some kind of imposing order of evil. What I sensed was things just sort of falling apart.

John Sandford

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I grew up on the streets of Baltimore, a city I love to this very day.

Steve Clevenger

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In any business that you pursue, if you belong at the top, and you're perceived as having that caliber, and you do qualify, then it's something that you want to hold on to.

Rob Van Dam

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I grew up in a house that was always happy, and my family was always music, music. I started playing percussion very young, because I had some uncles who were musicians and all my aunts were singers.

Ronaldinho

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There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

Rufus Wainwright

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Audi has fewer problems with electronics than any other company.

Martin Winterkorn

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Self-reinvention is an encouraging conceit. It is simply not always a possible one.

Alissa Quart

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I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

Paul Walker

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It's more fun to write villains. They are more of a challenge, and I get a sick kind of pleasure out of delving into their minds. There's rarely emptiness, and there is almost always deep intelligence.

Nnedi Okorafor

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I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.

Marian Keyes

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