Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Lisa Ling Quotes

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 30, 1973

Topics

Respect Culture Better Elders Asian

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends.

Good Competition Friends Good Friends

I always accessorise with jewellery. I am a bit of a magpie; I love sparkles, and so wearing jewellery makes me feel more exciting and confident, too!

Love I Am Me Confident Feel More

My true friends, and my son, see me with kind eyes. I feel it. So that's the freedom my children have given me. To be naked in the world with an open heart.

Sophie B. Hawkins

Son Heart Freedom Children Eyes Me

I still dance, probably three times a week, unless I'm working on a crazy job, and then I just don't have any free time at all.

Time Dance Job Crazy Free Week

I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.

Donald Ray Pollock

Great Writing World Thought Loved

I did have a go with Botox, but I couldn't move my eyebrows. I also, at one point, had that filler stuff injected, but I looked like a hamster with wodges of food in its cheeks, so I stopped that.

Deborah Moggach

Food Go Point Eyebrows Cheeks Move

I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know.

Listening You Know Here Beatles

Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's not hard for me to look out the window and tell a joke here and there.

Fun Me Window Writing Look Hard

I've always been too hard on myself to behave like I've arrived or even to enjoy whatever success I've had. I've always envisioned myself higher than where I was and I still do. With each success I think, 'That's nice but I'm supposed to go there!'

Nicole Scherzinger

Success Myself Think Enjoy Go Nice

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

Leader Yourself Me You More Band

I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early instead of going out with friends. It's not always the most fun option, but I know I need at least eight hours of sleep to feel balanced.

Myself Sleep Fun Friends Year Early

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

Enough Long Become Hold Baptist Far

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Lisa Ling