Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

I've always really wanted to make a film on what it means to be white in a country that's getting less and less white.

Jose Antonio Vargas

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WhiteCountryAlwaysFilmMeans

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

Jewel

I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed.

Melissa McCarthy

CrazyShipKidsSailed

If tolerance is the best we can do in this moment, then by all means let's be tolerant. But by stopping there, by merely tolerating each other, we miss so much.

John Wesley Shipp

MomentBestToleranceMissMeans

I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn't happy.

Sonja Sohn

LifeGoodHomeSchoolHappyDoing

I would absolutely recommend against excessive positivity and optimism. Any positive emotion that you're infusing into a workplace needs to be grounded in reality. If it's not realistic, sincere, meaningful, and individualized, it won't do much good.

Tom Rath

PositiveGoodOptimismRealityYou

The truth is, as much as I loved writing restaurant reviews, it always felt very self-indulgent to me. It was so much fun, I loved doing it, but there's so much else to say about food.

Ruth Reichl

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I remember playing the Royal Albert Hall, and a guy would say, 'Ten minutes to stage time,' and I'd get so nervous.

Mike Joyce

TimeRememberSayNervousRoyalGuy

I can only speak for myself, but you never set out to be funny. You just set out to play the scenes real, and hopefully the funny comes.

Jason Jones

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I got a hug from Kathleen Marshall, Sheryl Crow, and Barry Levinson all in the same day - and that was something pretty special!

Diana DeGarmo

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For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my ambition and settled down to a life of reading.

Diane Setterfield

LifeAmbitionReadingYouDownUp

Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand.

Craig Bruce

TimeResourceDemandWhoseSupply

Being a novelist is the adult version of a kid creating a make-believe world. But unlike a child, a writer of fiction has to come up with a structured story, one that has as much meaning for others as it has for her.

Susan Isaacs

ChildWorldStoryMeaningCreating

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