Anne Tyler Quotes

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

Anne Tyler

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HopeShineBookStoryThinkWant

I think we could very easily suffer a seriously catastrophic cyber event.

John F. Kelly

ThinkSeriouslyCyberSufferEvent

For a long time, I would write without music, because I thought it was distracting until I appreciated that it actually unlocks a certain unconscious productivity vault in my mind.

John Hodgman

MusicTimeMindThoughtLongWrite

It is a mystic maxim that the lower in the scale of evolution a being is placed, the more certainly it responds to the planetary rays, and conversely the higher we ascend in the scale of attainment, the more the man conquers and rules his stars, freeing himself from the leading strings of the Divine Hierarchies.

Max Heindel

StarsManRulesEvolutionMoreRays

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

Srikumar Rao

YouDrummerFollowOwnYourHear

I'm so blessed to have as many jobs that I have, but I do agree that there needs to be some downtime.

Tori Spelling

BlessedAgreeNeedsSomeManyJobs

When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd sell my house and live on the street to play a tramp.

Tom Holland

LiveCharacterI AmMeHouseActing

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

GoodBalanceMeAlwaysOutAnything

For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive.

Miuccia Prada

LearningArtPeopleMeAliveLiving

I've got a lot of fans, but I say friends, because every time I meet a fan somewhere around the world, I don't consider them a fan; I consider them as a friend.

Jason David Frank

FriendTimeWorldFriendsSayMeet

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

Jon Bernthal

LoveYouDreamOutSomethingPaid

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

Diane Sawyer

CommitmentConversationContractOur

If someone comes to you with, 'It's my kid's graduation,' you don't tell them, 'Sorry, you can't go to that.' You just don't do that. You figure out some other way.

Bob Iger

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