Sydney Wayser Quotes

I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together.

Sydney Wayser

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TogetherSayFirstOutGetMessage

Abdias do Nascimento was the first writer who gave me racial consciousness. It was through his books and writings that I first took in the real weight of race in our society. He was the main influence on me because in my family, race was never an issue.

Joaquim Barbosa

FamilyMeInfluenceSocietyNever

The stories about epidemics that are told in the American press - their plots and tropes - date to the nineteen-twenties, when modern research science, science journalism, and science fiction were born.

Jill Lepore

ScienceResearchAmericanJournalism

Much of Mr. Bush's 28 percent approval rating is born not of 'failed policies' - of which there are many - but of the ill-gotten gains pilfered from a pre-Bush inauguration strategy to send the message to Republicans that the Democrats play politics harder and better.

Andrew Breitbart

PoliticsBetterStrategyBornPlay

I'm loving saying 'I'm not a big movie star, but I play one on television.'

Johnathon Schaech

SayingLovingTelevisionPlayBig

I hope people learn the power of vulnerability through my songs. I think vulnerability can save the world. Empathy helps people connect with each other.

Mary Lambert

HopePowerEmpathyPeopleWorld

I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent. Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they're aiming for the moon, and that's what counts.

Marvin Hamlisch

JobPeopleMoonThinkSometimes

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Miguel de Cervantes

WisdomMouthClosedFlies

Film is like sculpture, writing, acting, technical arts, all sorts of arts. And that's why I wanted to do it for so long, because it would include so many places for attention.

Lucy Dacus

WritingLongAttentionActingWhy

You have to, in your own life, get people to want to work with you and want to help you. The organizational chart, in my opinion, means very little. I need my bosses' goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.

Lloyd Blankfein

LifeWorkPeopleOpinionHelpYou

I'm not gonna just disappear after one album.

Jorja Smith

DisappearJustAlbumAfterGonna

I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie.

Conor Oberst

GirlEyesLieMeKnowNow

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

Bradley Whitford

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