Jon Landau Quotes

There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical resistance to his work.

Jon Landau

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WorkTimeArroganceResistanceSame

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

Jim Mattis

HunterHunted

When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.

Jesse Harris

LifeHandMy OwnWriteOwnStarted

I don't know how old my phone is, but it was only $10. It is a nice subconscious way of not having the Internet at your fingertips... e-mail, Twitter or Facebook.

Andrew Luck

InternetPhoneKnowNiceWayOld

I've never run into a person who yearns for their middle school days.

Jeff Kinney

SchoolSchool DaysPersonRunNever

In tennis, a lot of parents are accused of driving their kids into tennis. I would say I'm the opposite: I drove my parents into it. They didn't take it that seriously until I was about 11 or 12 years old, when they realised I had an opportunity to go pro.

Ana Ivanovic

OpportunityParentsDrivingSeriously

It's very hard to come up with ideal situations... With different moods and the difficulties of traveling around, I often play my best under the worst conditions.

Stephen Hough

BestPlayWorstHardDifficulties

The 'anchor baby' thing needs to be fixed... Anchor babies are an unconstitutional declaration of citizenship to those born of non-Americans. It's wrong, and it's immoral.

Russell Pearce

BabyCitizenshipBornWrongAnchor

I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.

Michael Strahan

ConfidenceBelieveYouI Believe

God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.

David Wilkerson

GodHistoryNameLongGoNever

When I was 18, and my looks were what I was - and all that I was - it did feel very limiting.

Christy Turlington

FeelLooksDidVeryWereLimiting

When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.

Bruce Hornsby

PeopleSongStandCountryWayTake

I get irritated by the term 'African writer', because it doesn't mean anything to me.

Petina Gappah

MeMeanAnythingBecauseGetWriter

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