Louis Begley Quotes

I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.

Louis Begley

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I AmWritingThinkLanguageTest

As a leader, you have to have a vision that inspires people around you.

Jennifer Hyman

LeaderVisionPeopleYouAround

There are so many miserable people out there who have not fulfilled their dreams. I believe you should do something that you love.

John Tesh

LoveDreamsPeopleBelieveYouOut

Just because I've got two prosthetic legs, yeah, I had to adapt in ways, but I've also become a lot stronger. It doesn't mean I'm at any disadvantage, really.

Amy Purdy

StrongerJust BecauseAdaptBecome

When Napoleon abdicated in April 1814, Britain expected that America would soon lose heart and surrender, too. From then on, London's chief aims were to bring a swift conclusion to the war and capture as much territory as possible in order to gain the best advantage in the inevitable peace talks.

Amanda Foreman

HeartBestPeaceWarAmericaLose

I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years.

Stephen J. Cannell

MorningSellingYearsUpSuccessful

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design.

Steve Albini

MusicDesignTryingBandThings

Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin', 'Catch a Wave', and 'Surfin' USA' are songs which capture the feelings of being out in the water without a care in the world, living a dream so many long to live no matter where they are from.

Mike Love

LiveWaterBeachWorldCareWave

So then, when I speak to you, I speak to myself. If I seem to warn or to rebuke you, it is not so much you, as myself, to whom the warning or the rebuke is addressed.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

MyselfSpeakYouSeemWarningWhom

I've always seen 'Y' as an unconventional romance between a boy and his protector. It was always about the last boy on Earth becoming the last man on Earth, and the women who made that possible.

Brian K. Vaughan

WomenManEarthBoyPossibleAlways

Your nature is the Buddha.

Bodhidharma

NatureYourBuddha

Sometimes you never fully understand why you are attracted to a project until you get deeper into it.

Brie Larson

YouSometimesWhyUnderstandNever

The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort.

Antoine Fuqua

FamilySimpleGovernmentWorldThink

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