Richard Powers Quotes

All the different ways we know the world all come from the brain, and they all depend on each other to make sense.

Richard Powers

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BrainWorldKnowDependDifferent

It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.

Jennifer Coolidge

YouPlease EveryoneTryEveryoneUp

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

Andy Lau

I AmHong KongIdolAsiaClassified

I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them.

Sia

LoveVisualThemI Love

I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make music.

Tom Petty

StarsMusicTimeThinkAmericaYou

I love action films, and to be able to put together 'Silver Hawk' was so exciting.

Michelle Yeoh

LoveTogetherActionSilverHawk

Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.

Joyce Carol Oates

AdviceTryingAttentionEldersNever

Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive.

Ashley Graham

WomanSocietyThinkSayKindWay

I feel better when I'm working. I tend to not know who I am when I'm not working. That worries me a little bit... I've been fortunate to be so busy, but I haven't developed any other skills.

Allison Janney

I AmMeBusyBetterFeelKnow

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

William Nicholson

FamilyGreatAmericanWriteWho

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

Pierre Salinger

StandOutThingsOften

If you have 100 acres worth of food, and you've got 500 animals out there, the young ones and the old ones are going to starve to death because they can't compete. When they starve, they start to eat things they shouldn't be eating and spread disease not only to them but to us.

Shawn Michaels

FoodDeathEatingStartWorthYou

We are now changing the culture at the United Nations. And with that, we're changing the culture in the world in the discussions that we're having.

Nikki Haley

CultureWorldNowUnitedChanging

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