Chuck Close Quotes

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

Chuck Close

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LearningMePlaceFirstThingsSure

The only people I don't answer are bill collectors.

Jimmy Breslin

PeopleAnswerOnlyCollectorsBill

The writing comes first for me. Not Facebook, not Twitter, not the Internet or signings or merchandise, or 'the career.' Everything begins and ends with the writing for me, and I build my entire life around sitting my butt down 365 days a year.

Jessica Bird

LifeMeWritingInternetYearDown

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

Jessica Simpson

CourageThinkNot KnowingDumbAsk

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats

SoulIntelligenceSchoolWorldYou

There are confirmed stories of people who can break instruments and cause them to fail by walking in a room. I'm the opposite - I can walk into a room and something will work better than it is supposed to.

Robert Moog

WorkWalkPeopleBetterWalking

My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing.

Jeff Lindsay

TeacherBestSchoolWritingLesson

You can't run a company simply by the numbers. So if you're going to bet on someone, you bet on someone you want to be in business with for a long time.

Amy Pascal

BusinessTimeSomeoneLongYouRun

It's not like I'm looking for things that I can direct that I can also act in, but when it's right, I feel like the actor side of me wants to have that opportunity.

Steve Buscemi

OpportunityMeLookingFeelI Can

I didn't really enjoy reading until I married my wife and we began reading the Bible out loud to each other every day. I enjoy reading now, and there is a whole world of books out there to explore.

Roger McGuinn

DayWifeWorldBibleReadingEnjoy

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

ManWindRightHarborKnowsHe

I like pressure. Pressure doesn't make me crack. It's enabling. I eat pressure, and there might be times when I get a bad feeling in my gut that this might be too much, but you feel pressure when you're not doing something, you know?

Louis C. K.

MePressureFeelDoingYouBad

Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.

Don Miguel Ruiz

YourselfBelieveThinkYouBecause

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