Jasper Fforde Quotes

Our notions of self-determination are, on the whole, something of a myth. We are governed almost exclusively by our own peculiar habits, which makes those who rail against them that much more remarkable.

Jasper Fforde

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MorePeculiarOwnAgainstSomething

I like to think that images of people doing amazing things may open people's eyes to the human potential, to the idea that people can do the extraordinary when they set their minds to it.

Jimmy Chin

EyesPeopleAmazingThinkPotential

I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, but I'm afraid that it's here.

Mel Gibson

FutureThinkTalkingWillDigital

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable.

Steve Coogan

MomentPeopleFeelLaughComedyYou

Stay-at-home mothers are building our future. And I feel like if we had more of them, our society would not be in such a decline.

Stacey Dash

FutureBuildingSocietyFeelMore

Morning TV is about habits. What you really need is for viewers to find you, get comfortable with you, make you part of their mornings. If you can make news, deliver things they value, you can be successful.

Soledad O'Brien

MorningValueYouFindNewsNeed

Almost 85 percent of the Latin American market is subject to net neutrality rules, and the European Parliament already favors strong ones.

Marvin Ammori

StrongAmericanRulesFavorsMarket

I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.

Joseph Kosinski

HopeThinkYouMoviesExcitement

I went to several different grade schools all over the West Coast. I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the hospital and a rehab clinic in Seattle.

Dennis Washington

OverHospitalSeattlePolioWest

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

Dennis Bergkamp

MyselfFootballLoseWantCoach

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

Brooks Atkinson

EducationKnowledgeMenPoetryLearn

I like people who tell stories. I like storytellers. A lot of my songs are misconceived as being auto-biographical when they're not because I write in the first person.

Art Alexakis

PeoplePersonWriteFirstTellLike

My local newspaper, the 'Bend Bulletin,' interviewed me while I was at high school after I had just signed with the University of Oregon. I remember I wore a University of Oregon hooded sweatshirt, and they took a picture of me in the long jump pit. I was freezing!

Ashton Eaton

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