Tina Fey Quotes

The idea of being in control for the sake of control is not really important to me. If everyone is sharp and doing what they're doing well, you don't really need to be in control all the time.

Tina Fey

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TimeMeControlDoingYouImportant

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

Jill Abramson

RelationshipCriticismBetterPraise

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick.

John Hurt

I AmResearchSickSomeonePlaySay

I can't help thinking if she - the director of a government agency - is this ignorant about what funding is available and where the money comes from - how often lower-level bureaucrats must give wrong answers when people are looking for help to start a business.

Matthew Lesko

BusinessMoneyGovernmentPeopleShe

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

Jean Paul

PeoplePraiseEasierThanSimpler

Tiger's a horrible golf teacher.

Stuart Scott

TeacherGolfTigerHorrible

We were definitely not rich, but we were not poor. My mum always came home from work and did everything so that we ate well.

Riyad Mahrez

WorkHomeRichPoorEverythingWell

I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.

Roddy Doyle

EnjoyFictionWellBooksLikeAbout

I've been offered starring roles in horrible movies, but I just didn't want to do it. I don't see why you would.

Ron White

YouWantMoviesWhySeeHorrible

I love my mother a not-normal amount.

Mary H.K. Choi

LoveMotherI LoveAmount

I remember I grew up in Pasadena in a very, kind of, homogeneous, kind of, suburban existence and then I went to college at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. And there were all these, kind of, hipster New York kids who were so-called 'cultured' and had so much, you know, like knew all the references and, like, already had their look down.

Mike White

New YorkCollegeRememberYouLook

I am going to miss Don Shula. I like him, and I admire him. I'm going to miss looking those 53 yards across the field and thinking, 'There is a coaching legend.'

Marv Levy

I AmLookingThinkingLegendAdmire

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they're all a projection of you.

Deepak Chopra

ThoughtsBrainPerceptionKeyYou

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