Mariella Frostrup Quotes

When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure.

Mariella Frostrup

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ToughPlayVolunteerOverGoing

Life does not measure up to performing... Performing is perfect.

Joan Rivers

LifeMeasurePerfectUpPerforming

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

Jeremy Davies

NeverPointBeenIneptIncredibly

When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.

Angus Young

PeopleDoingBackPersonBarClub

You have to do stuff that you're actually incredibly passionate and excited about and you know something about. The 'oppor-tuneurs' don't do as well as the entrepreneurs.

Michael Dell

YouKnowPassionateExcitedWell

I made myself a little angry before beam. That's the best way to do beam. It's important to fuel yourself with some devastating things, but I also realized that if I daydream about doing well and having this silver medal, it's more motivating than focusing on the negatives. So I learned to focus on the positive.

Aly Raisman

PositiveMyselfBestFocusAngry

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

Tre Cool

YouTroubleFitting InSenseGet

It's a natural disposition for me to become muse-like in a relationship.

Roisin Murphy

RelationshipMeBecomeNatural

When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big enough for me to dedicate a year or two of my life. If the question isn't big enough, or rich enough, I'll lose interest.

Josh Radnor

LifeI AmMeRichMy LifeYear

I wish I looked more like my mother, but I think I look like my father. I wish I had one of those naturally beautiful faces. Or a more quirky face. I'm right down the middle: not interesting enough, not pretty enough.

Chloe Sevigny

FatherMotherBeautifulFaceThink

The guerrilla fighters should be required to go to bed and get up at fixed hours. Games that have no social function and that hurt the morale of the troops and the consumption of alcoholic drinks should both be prohibited.

Che Guevara

HurtBedGoGamesUpMorale

Put on your bikini, put on whatever you want to wear, and don't worry about what other people are saying.

Philomena Kwao

PeopleSayingWorryYouWantWear

When I need to exorcise a demon, I grab whatever score is going to house the song I need to sing out of my system, and I sing it.

Tituss Burgess

SongHouseNeedWhateverOutSystem

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