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Alice Hoffman Quotes

I can't really work on more than one thing at a time.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1952

Topics

Work Time More One Thing Than Thing

I am not by any means a philosopher, although I have worked with some talented people in the discipline. But certain philosophical concepts deeply inform the way I think about the world. The idea of 'opposing truths at extremes' is a powerful concept that I came to appreciate in my twenties.

Discipline I Am People World Think

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.

Home Great Judge Strike Run Out

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

Education Live Great Time Best Kind

I think music can change your life.

Life Change Music Think Your

Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development.

Confidence Character Story Short

There is no denying the aesthetics of a well-made, well-loved book.

Michael A. Stackpole

I'd gone to Oxford to do graduate studies in the history of the slave trade, but I came across Georgiana's letters, gave up that thesis, and wrote one on her instead. When I learned that Georgiana's great-nephews supported opposite sides in the American Civil War, I knew this would be the perfect sequel.

History War American Perfect Letters

'Singaporeans first' is different from saying 'Singaporeans only.'

Saying First Different Only

We want to get to the point that using Uber is cheaper than owning a car.

Travis Kalanick

Car Want Point Get Uber Cheaper

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Good Father Mother Teacher School

I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it's kind of weird, it's such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it's a special thing for me.

Michael Rapaport

Love Age Me Weird Moments Look

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

Laugh Country Right Single Spain

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