Martha Beck Quotes

Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are low, it's easy to be pleasantly surprised. When they're not, we're vulnerable to painful disappointment. Because of this, many people spend a good deal of effort trying to avoid developing high hopes about anything.

Martha Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

GoodEffortPeopleDisappointmentGo

I am a creature of habit.

Jennifer Aniston

HabitI AmCreatureAm

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

Robert M. Pirsig

TechnologyYouRunWillChase

Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.

Robert H. Schuller

GoalsEgoProblemsSolutionCry

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.

Maude Adams

FailureLadyFirstCompleteMade

You're moving a franchise. You're leaving one city and going to another, which is difficult from a fan standpoint, from a fan-base standpoint, but you have to take care of the detail things. As you go through that step-by-step process, from my standpoint, my job is to keep in mind the player needs.

Jeff Fisher

JobCityMindDetailMovingCare

My judgment about what is right for this country will always guide me.

Michael Gove

MeCountryWillRightJudgment

To write something you have to feel it and know it, and that's not comfortable.

Michael Morpurgo

FeelYouKnowComfortableWrite

The family you were raised in, the time period you were born in, and the part of the country you're in absolutely shape your view on sex, which shapes a huge part of anybody's personality.

Lizzy Caplan

FamilyTimePersonalityViewYou

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

LL Cool J

FearDreamsYour DreamsPastThink

You have to write the story that's at the front of your head. There is no point in trying to write for the market; it won't ring true.

Jojo Moyes

StoryTryingYouTrueRingWrite

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

Donald Rumsfeld

DeathWarViewDepressingEncourage

Better not to work on things that you're not in love with.

China Chow

WorkLoveBetterYouThings

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