Brin-Jonathan Butler Quotes

While Fidel Castro used to deliver his marathon seven-hour speeches in Havana, Cubans used to joke that if Spanish lacked a future tense, their leader would be speechless. He was only fluent in broken promises, they lamented.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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LeaderFutureBrokenPromisesHavana

I'm still a hard-edged reporter, but I'm an optimist. I'm a perpetual optimist.

Joel Benenson

OptimistReporterStillPerpetual

I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa.

John Dalton

DisciplineWritingYouWantWrite

You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.

Andrea Bocelli

WorkMusicPassionGreatDayVoice

But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.

Robert Klein

GoodMeThinkAppreciateActing

In order to be a top-tier candidate, I need 7.5 million dollars, and I currently have 0.0 million dollars.

Stephen Colbert

NeedOrderMillionCandidateDollars

I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.

Stephen Rea

DeathI AmMeKnowDyingAfraid

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

WisdomWonderBegins

My favorite movies are love stories.

Tom Savini

LoveMoviesFavoriteLove Stories

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

Tom Waits

SongImpossibleIgnoreSometimesWay

When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, 'Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you're writing about?'

Marya Hornbacher

LifeCreativePeopleWritingLook

As for my country, I don't live there, but obviously I'm very proud to be Canadian.

Mike Weir

LiveProudCountryCanadianVery

Sometimes you can win, but you are not building something positive for your future.

Antonio Conte

PositiveFutureWinBuildingYou

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