Lev Grossman Quotes

I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.

Lev Grossman

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BookCalmWell-BeingKnowRightDid

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

Robert Quine

ExperienceEarlyPianoLessonsQuite

I still have a lot to learn. I'm concentrating on learning a lot more about music.

Tony Bennett

LearningMusicLearnMoreStillLot

When I get mean, I get mean.

Mick Mars

MeanGet

The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Jean Cocteau

WalkDayDeathMeWalkingBirth

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Josh Billings

LifeManLife Is ShortShortEnough

I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world's education system.

Jose Ferreira

EducationWorldFixSystemStarted

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

Clara Barton

BusinessNobodyEverybody

I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.

Boman Irani

LoveFatherBestDayI AmMe

You don't want to see me all the time. You get bored.

Prince Charles

TimeMeYouWantSeeBored

The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business.

Peter Scott

BusinessThinkWeekBeing ThereUp

I don't know where my first gold medal is.

Shaun White

GoldKnowFirstGold MedalWhere

In my experience, copy editors, like the stalwart staff I've worked with and learned from in my 34 years at 'TIME,' are linguistic conservatives - the keepers of the flame ignited by the Strunk-White 'Elements of Style,' published in full in 1957 and chosen by 'TIME' as one of the 100 most influential nonfiction books of the past century.

Richard Corliss

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