Anne Tyler Quotes

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?

Anne Tyler

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DogSleepNightSmallThoughtHotel

I get love from fans in a big enough dosage that it acts as a shield, and I would not sacrifice that love in order to please the industry.

Jeremy Scott

LoveSacrificeEnoughFansBigGet

One of the challenges of buying local advertising is, how do you know if it worked? How do you know if it's got value? We're moving toward an e-commerce experience for local, an Amazon-like experience for local.

Jeremy Stoppelman

ExperienceValueChallengesMoving

Sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling as opposed to pushing them around in expensive strollers, those are things that matter biologically and sociologically for the structure of a family.

Mayim Bialik

FamilyChildSleepingMatterThings

I'm consistently asked how I keep a foot in two contrasting worlds - one in the entertainment industry, predicated on wealth and indulgence, and the other in humanitarian work. To me, it's less of a question of how can you do this, and more a question of how can you not?

Meghan Markle

WorkMeYouWealthEntertainment

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.

Ani DiFranco

LiveMusicArtPeoplePaintingWhy

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street.

Alvar Aalto

WorkGoodSimpleManHarmonyStreet

Some of my fondest memories are holidays by the seaside.

Mary Berry

MemoriesHolidaysSome

I've never felt particularly ambitious or driven, that's for sure, although I like to create stuff, whether it's a little doodle, a drawing, a small painting or a movie or a piece of music, so I suppose I'm driven by that. Everything I've done has felt very natural, and it's happened because it's happened.

Johnny Depp

MusicPaintingSmallDrawingCreate

I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.

Dolly Parton

Far AwayNeverPencilPaperAway

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

Donald Rumsfeld

BrainyDoubtRightStill

I immediately loved working with flies. They fascinated me and followed me around in my dreams.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

DreamsMeLovedWorkingFlies

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.

Clara Barton

FaithPastMeBetterTyrannyNew

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