Susan Orlean Quotes

The iPhone calendar isn't bad, but it isn't great, either. It only offers a day view and a month view - it doesn't have a week view, which drives me crazy.

Susan Orlean

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GreatDayMeCrazyViewWeek

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

Jim Davis

AnimalMoreHumanInspirationGet

You look at a guy like Michael Jordan: I can't believe there will be other basketball players like him.

John McEnroe

BasketballBelieveYouLookWill

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

Matt Damon

MeFeelInterestingYouNowFollow

The LAPD, like most police departments, is a male-dominated bureaucracy. A woman faces a lot of pushback.

Michael Connelly

PoliceWomanBureaucracyFacesLike

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

John Ruskin

GreatEffortPersonDoneWithout

You can't go forward and backwards at the same time.

Steve Harvey

TimeForwardYouGoBackwardsSame

It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.

Sparky Anderson

TeamWinBetterYearDetroitLying

I think that my regrets mostly have to do with my relationship with my ex-girlfriend. Every once in a while, you get those flashback memories of conversations you had with your exes, and you just, like, wince when you're walking down the street. Something occurs to you, 'Oh, no, I said that.'

Mike Birbiglia

RelationshipMemoriesThinkWalking

I love all of the ecosystems - mountains, deserts, rainforests. They're beautiful, and nature has so many different flavors to it.

Louie Schwartzberg

NatureLoveBeautifulMountainsMany

It is almost a rule that the more complex a man is, the simpler his billing. A person with a retrospective ability gone rampant often would be called an historian. Similarly, one to whom reality doesn't seem to make sense gets dubbed a philosopher.

Joseph Brodsky

ManRealityPersonMoreAbility

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

Wim Wenders

PowerfulWayWonderfulThingsFilm

The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic.

Sebastian Horsley

MeUniverseFriendlyIndifferentNor

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