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Lindsay Davenport Quotes

I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

Lindsay Davenport

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: June 8, 1976

Topics

Confidence Time Perfect Want Real

One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, 'Right. Now I understand how this is done.'

Jenny Offill

Reach You Done Say Understand Never

Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

John Corbett

You Bad Fame Little Bugs Odd

Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses.

Maureen Forrester

Life Future Mistake People Alcohol

I have gained a lot of confidence in my process of making films. It does't mean I'll make a successful film or even a good film, but I know how to make my film.

Jeff Nichols

Good Confidence Process Know Mean

A poem, once it's written, is meant to be read with the inner voice of the person who reads it.

Tony Harrison

Voice Person Meant To Be Poem Who

I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding.

Tom Selleck

Think Feel Trying Television Looks

As you get older, you do just get tired.

Robyn Davidson

Tired You Get Just Older

Anybody who's been to Ecuador wants to go back because it's beautiful out there.

Michael Steger

Beautiful Back Go Out Because Been

It's often said that everybody has a story to tell, and I suppose that's true, but the problem is that most of them aren't worth telling.

Michael Korda

Story Problem Worth Said True Tell

I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual... I want to believe that the audience believes that my acting comes from this special place.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Daily God Spiritual Believe Gift

I've seen 13, 14-year-olds opening CDs as though they're records from the 1920s, going 'Look at this - there's a little book!'... That makes me think the format has probably had its day.

Jonny Greenwood

Day Me Book Think Look 1920s

My whole life, I have been trying to cook an egg in the right way.

Jose Andres

Life Trying Egg Way Right Cook