Thomas J. Stanley Quotes

Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school.

Thomas J. Stanley

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LeadershipCourageSchoolSucceed

I'm a die-hard lover of high-waisted skirts with crop tops.

Jillian Hervey

SkirtsCropLoverTops

On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.

Jodi Picoult

WomanHusbandWonderPicturesForget

If you don't have people that the reader cares about and stories that are gripping, you've got nothing.

Jennifer Egan

PeopleYouNothingGotCaresAbout

My first break wasn't professional - I was in 'The Sound of Music' when I was five. I played Gretel, the youngest one, because that was what kind of took off for me in terms of loving acting.

Megan Park

MusicMeLovingActingProfessional

The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about what's in style, what's current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.

Robert Pinsky

MusicStyleArchitecturePoetryLook

The books I read, if they intrude on my writing, do so as weather will pass through and touch a landscape - affecting it, yes, but only now and then leaving a permanent mark.

Julia Glass

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I get cheered more and more for one simple reason: When I step in the ring, I steal the show! I will not accept anything less from myself.

Dolph Ziggler

MyselfSimpleStepRingAcceptWill

The object of the superior man is truth.

Confucius

TruthManSuperiorObject

It's not uncommon for men to show up at my book signings or to send me emails with their thoughts about my books. I've also heard from a number of female readers who were introduced to my works by men in their lives.

Sylvia Day

MenMeThoughtsBookUpUncommon

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Peter Marshall

ChangeLiveEasyWrongRightLord

You are bound to pick up influences.

Morrissey

YouUpInfluencesPickBound

I love what Max Landis is doing with 'Superman: American Alien.' That's a really good book.

Mark Waid

LoveGoodBookAmericanDoingAlien

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