Sheila Heti Quotes

Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escape.

Sheila Heti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 25, 1976

Topics

IdeasPlayWantEscapeRoleOnly

I have no prejudice against male or female.

John Lone

PrejudiceAgainstFemaleMale

Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.

Robert Kiyosaki

OpportunityPeopleRichYearFind

I did a show called 'Bakersfield, P.D.' That was one of the best things I have ever done.

Ron Eldard

BestDoneThingsShowDidEver

I wrote 'All You Could Ask For' to honor a friend, Heidi Armitage, who left us much too soon in 2009 at the age of 43.

Mike Greenberg

FriendAgeHonorYouAskLeft

TV started for me just as a means of keeping my husband Desi off the road. He'd been on tour with his band since he got out of the Army, and we were in our 11th year of marriage and wanted to have children.

Lucille Ball

MarriageChildrenMeRoadHusband

Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.

Joyce Brothers

MarriageLovingSecretNeedLike

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.

Dee Hock

HistoryCultureCountryNowOthers

The world in general has meaning, deep meaning at times. This cannot be dismissed as a delusion, an artifact of chemicals.

Deepak Chopra

WorldDeepMeaningDelusionCannot

I've never been one who wanted any type of attention, good nor bad.

DeMar DeRozan

GoodAttentionBadNeverBeenWho

There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf.

Anton du Beke

MoneyCompetitionWinningGolfNever

When I was writing the first few books, what I would do is write a bunch of sentences and then go back and expand and explode those sentences, pack as much into them as I could, so they'd kind of be like popcorn kernels popping... all this stuff in there to make the writing dense, and beautiful for its density.

William T. Vollmann

BeautifulWritingBackGoKind

Absolutely, at a macro-level, I want our firm to be a purpose-led firm. This notion of making an impact that matters, I want that embedded in whatever we do.

Punit Renjen

ImpactWantMattersWhateverFirm

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