Susan Minot Quotes

Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you.

Susan Minot

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TravelMePaintingMomentsYouNew

In Europe, I am an outsider. I don't really understand anything that I am seeing. I can be welcomed into people's homes, I can be met with suspicion, I can be taken somewhere else altogether. There is always wonderment there for me, even if the person I am photographing may not see it or be aware of it.

Jim Goldberg

I AmPeopleMeSeeingI CanPerson

It's tricky when I'm constantly traveling and adjusting to new time zones and trying to also keep up with my workouts.

Joe Manganiello

TimeTryingNewUpKeepTraveling

I am not at all a chocoholic. I would rather eat anchovy toast.

Joanne Harris

I AmEatWouldToastRatherAm

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

Jerry B. Jenkins

FamilyBrokenRelationshipsHeavy

My view of life is colored by humor and looking at the best in any situation.

Michael J. Fox

LifeHumorBestLookingViewAny

My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.

Amanda Eliasch

MotherMusicMeGrandmotherSinger

If the screen does not make room for me in the structure of their screenplay, I'll step out. I'll step back. I'd step back. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it.

Sidney Poitier

StepMeBackStructureOutRoom

The West has become very sophisticated, seeing love as a very complex thing. In Bollywood, it's not complex: it's an arrow straight to the heart.

Simon Beaufoy

LoveHeartSeeingBecomeComplex

Romantically, in my head, I'm Rambo, but if someone's shouting at me, I get adrenalin shakes and go red. When I'm really low, I have a good cry.

Russell Tovey

GoodRedMeSomeoneGoCry

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after a book is published, perhaps 5,000 letters will deal specifically with that piece of work.

Dean Koontz

WorkBookYearLettersWillFirst

Indeed, while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools.

Chris Gabrieli

EducationLearningVisionTimeMost

Our weights fluctuate: Some people gain or lose, even friends who are average size. If I would say 'I'm fat,' my friends would say, 'Don't say that!' And I'd think, 'Are you offended, you can't handle the word? Or do you think I am embarrassed?'

Chrissy Metz

I AmPeopleThinkFatFriendsLose

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