Anne Stevenson Quotes

I never wanted to be a pop star.

Anne Stevenson

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NeverStarPopWantedPop Star

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

John Churton Collins

TrustManNeverWellWhoEverybody

I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day.

Michael Biehn

StyleDayThinkMeanDirectorOwn

In the real world, some defense lawyers never have an innocent client in their whole career.

Michael Connelly

WorldLawyersCareerInnocentNever

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

Alvin Dark

GameSlowLongWayBallLong Way

Music is one of those businesses in which, if you're talented and hustle hard enough, you can make it - specifically as an entrepreneur. If you look as far back as Berry Gordy, Russell Simmons, Andre Harrell, L.A. Reid, and Sean 'Diddy' Combs, there's a whole lineage of successful black entrepreneurs who have built their own companies from scratch.

Troy Carter

MusicBlackEnoughYouHustleLook

The kind of theater that I do is sort of 'narrative realism,' which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean, in a certain sense, Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.

Tony Kushner

SuccessThinkSayKindMeanRealist

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

Robert E. Lee

LifeGoodLiveLightWorldRegret

I get up just before six and come downstairs, put food out for the cats, and open the cat flap. Then I work out for 35 or 40 minutes - I have a very large bathroom with an elliptical cross-trainer and a bicycle.

Ruth Rendell

WorkFoodCatsBicycleBathroomOut

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.

Rupert Everett

BadBackCareerWhyMiserableOut

Basically, asking me what kind of music I like is like asking what kind of food I like: 'Anything that tastes good,' is the answer. I'm the kind of guy who spends three times as much on his speakers as he does on his television.

Mohsin Hamid

GoodMusicFoodMeTelevisionThree

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Diogenes

MenWantPrivilegeNothingLittle

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

Chris Tucker

DanceGiveLessonsKnowsHeTried

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