Diana Nyad Quotes

When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'

Diana Nyad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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WorkDreamsLiveWalkChildPeople

Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in 'A.I.' She's looking for something. She's looking for her other half, and she's on tour. Monsters, Cyclops - maybe they're her mom? - appear on various islands.

John Cameron Mitchell

MomLookingBoySheMonstersQuest

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams

AgeWishExerciseYouMindsOld

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?

Joel Coen

CharacterFunYouSayWayInvention

When a change in how some element of one's business is conducted becomes an order of magnitude larger than what that business is accustomed to, then all bets are off.

Andy Grove

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People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

Andy Rooney

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A movie is like a city. There's, like, 150 people working, and it's all because of something that came out of your head.

Michael Connelly

PeopleCityOutHeadSomethingYour

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

John Searles

QualityGoalWriteRealBooksPlot

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.

Sue Grafton

WorkTiredHollywoodYearsBegin

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

Rod Stewart

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I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere.

Michael Pena

ThinkRememberLongSeeingI Can

Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing.

Milo Yiannopoulos

BestNothingWhyBecauseAbsolutely

Success, and even life itself, wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me.

Jude Law

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