Peter Matthiessen Quotes

When I'm in the field, when I'm working, I keep very careful notes. I wear big shirts with big breast pockets, and I carry in them two little spiral notebooks.

Peter Matthiessen

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TwoLittleCarryWearBigNotes

A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.

John Foxe

ChristianMercyHimBeingFarWho

When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The words make suggestions. Your brain paints the pictures.

Meg Rosoff

TimeFireWordsKissBrainBook

Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.

John Madden

FootballSimpleYouPhysicsGet

A startup is not just about the idea: it's about testing and then implementing the idea. A founding team without these skills is likely dead on arrival.

Steve Blank

TeamSkillsDeadWithoutTesting

First and foremost, it's paramount for young child to learn how to swim, and the best place for that to happen is at primary school if they've got the facilities.

Sophie Pascoe

BestSchoolChildLearnPlaceYoung

I paint daily with watercolors on 5-by-7-inch pads that are small enough for me to take them everywhere.

Steven Holl

DailyMeSmallEnoughPaintTake

The hour and a half I'm on stage is my favourite part of the day when I'm on tour because the only part I really love is the interaction with the audience.

Sia

LoveDayLove IsStageAudience

It's odd because some actors are very scared of comedians.

Robert Webb

ScaredComediansBecauseOddSome

A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.

Dawn Powell

MindGoingCapacityOverboard

Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer.

Chris Daughtry

SingerFavorite

I hope I give a good performance; I hope it's enjoyable. If I'm a villain and you hate me, that means I'm doing my job. But I'm not the one to stand for anybody to call me out of my name for any reason.

Ashleigh Murray

GoodHopeHateJobMeVillain

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phil Jackson

StrengthWisdomAlways

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