Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death.
William Gurnall
Recitation: by Male by Female
People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.
Jessica Simpson
WomenDeathPeopleGlowYouSay
I got a young black woman agent, and she kinda just knew what I would be attracted to. She sent me this pilot for 'Insecure.' I never saw myself as a comedy director, but when I read those pages, I said, 'Wow - this is my life on the page.'
Melina Matsoukas
LifeMyselfWomanMeBlackMy Life
I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.
Mel Gibson
WritingStoryAlwaysHead
I co-wrote and produced 'Sticky Fingers' with Catlin Adams, who directed it. I learned a lot writing and producing with Cat. I spent as much time as I could in the cutting room with her. All the producing experience that I had helped.
Melanie Mayron
TimeExperienceWritingCatRoom
Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a smaller attention span than maybe they used to have.
Max Greenfield
AttentionYouHardAudienceUsed
Journalism is literature in a hurry.
Matthew Arnold
CommunicationLiteratureJournalism
I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
Matthew Vaughn
FunnyCoolThinkViolenceMovies
Simplicity can have a negative impact when it's the crude reduction of nuances beyond appreciation: a Matisse presented as a 16-color GIF.
Matt Mullenweg
AppreciationSimplicityNegative
No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.
Jeff Bezos
ChangeTimeYourselfGovernmentYou
Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught music or tap dancing that way.
Tom Wolfe
MusicCollegeWritingNobodyGoWay
The history of art is not just the history of artists; it is also the history of the people who viewed art. And that wider perspective can help us see some of the reasons why the art of the ancient world should still matter to us.
Mary Beard
HistoryArtPerspectivePeopleWorld
I did sleep on the floor of my office sometimes. I didn't brush my teeth as often as I should have. I think my hygiene has improved quite a bit.
Martin Shkreli
SleepThinkSometimesTeethOffice
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