Diana Nyad Quotes

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

Diana Nyad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 22, 1949

Topics

LifeFinish LineFinishLineOwnUs

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

Jesse Eisenberg

TruthYourselfYouFeelingCreate

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

John Cleese

MeThinkYouTellLikeAbsolutely

Being forced to lose weight is not good.

Jean-Eric Vergne

GoodLoseBeingWeightForced

We have so many words for states of the mind, and so few for states of the body.

Jeanne Moreau

WordsMindBodyManyFewStates

I was a child prodigy. Like Michelangelo, who could draw a perfect circle at age five. I was extremely gifted. I could paint a perfect portrait of someone at age five.

Michael Cimino

AgeChildSomeonePortraitPerfect

I think I'm more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was in graduate school at NYU and was very judgmental.

John Searles

WorkStruggleSchoolThinkCraft

Our bureaucracy had excelled at compartmentalizing intelligence - we had a 'need to know' system - but by 2004, it was impossible to foresee what elements of our organization would and would not need to know a given piece of information.

Stanley A. McChrystal

IntelligenceOrganizationImpossible

The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration.

Tom Joyner

SchoolSummerPositionIntegration

I find time to write the way kids find time to ride their bikes.

Masiela Lusha

TimeRideFindWayWriteKids

I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium we've got right now.

Michael Moriarty

AttitudeHatePeopleTelevisionKind

I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.

Jay-Z

MusicOpportunityCommunityStepMe

In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

Bruce Beresford

ViewFindPlaceWillPermanent

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