Armistead Maupin Quotes

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

Armistead Maupin

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LifeYourselfMistakePeopleYouth

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

Joe Abercrombie

AdviceYouDownWantListenFirst

It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even got a little trophy!

Jessica Ennis-Hill

FunnySchoolEndYearAwardsTrophy

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it.

Jeremy Irons

SmallLovedSceneryEnoughActing

I'm never happy with my performances. I always want to prove more and more things.

Son Heung-min

HappyWantProveMoreNeverAlways

Show business is part of a larger culture, a world-wide culture that must make up to the fact that the accumulation of things doesn't make a life necessary any happier or purposeful.

Tom Shadyac

LifeBusinessCultureUpThings

I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.

Ronaldo

UncomfortableBellyVeryMainly

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

Liv Tyler

BirthdayAgeThoughtEnoughYouOld

I'm a human entropy producer.

Dean Kamen

HumanProducerEntropy

The unknown has undone many a president, and no matter the popularity of an Oval Office occupant, any and all presidents are vulnerable. Of course, one thing that seems to set Obama part from his recent predecessors is his ability to keep an inner calm about tough issues.

Chuck Todd

CalmToughUnknownMatterOffice

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.

Brad Holland

LifeArtEverydayMovementLonger

My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.

Alison Moyet

EducationChildrenMeFallNever

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.

Toby Young

OverMissBeingChefs

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