Alissa Quart Quotes

There's no better example of how to lead a difficult employee than to have a child. You have another kind of knowledge from your children that's actually applicable outside of childbearing.

Alissa Quart

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KnowledgeChildrenChildBetterYou

I usually have a couple of projects going on that are different. A 'Sin City' while I'm doing a 'Spy Kids' at the same time. I need different things going on.

Robert Rodriguez

TimeCityDoingSinNeedSame

I don't hide out. If you build a wall around yourself, it draws people to invade it. Fear is the enemy.

Matt Dillon

FearYourselfPeopleYouHideWall

For years, in the wake of Rushdie, I had imagined magical realism to be the last refuge of the non-resident Indian.

Amitava Kumar

YearsMagicalRealismLastRefuge

It's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

Amanda Bynes

GoodGreatEndInterestingYouKnow

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

Tommy Shaw

DayRoadYouWriteOutTour

It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.

Robbie Coltrane

LunchBeardHellYouEatOut

Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.

Joshua Bell

MusicThinkProfoundGreatestMost

I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I've gotten better. I no longer say that. The truth is that the Constitution is not one that morphs. It's an enduring Constitution, not a changing Constitution. That is what I've meant when I've said that the Constitution is dead.

Antonin Scalia

TruthConstitutionTruth IsBetter

Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.

Annette Funicello

StrongYouNowImpressionSomething

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

Wilson Mizner

PeopleMostHalf-Baked

The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments.

Richard Lester

TiredMomentsEarlyMoreEmotional

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out.

Leonard Cohen

LifeMotherMoneySupportRelaxOut

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