Lemn Sissay Quotes

A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both.

Lemn Sissay

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PeopleThinkJournalDiaryTwoMany

I was lucky not to have been born pretty.

Joan Hickson

BornLuckyPrettyBeen

It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.

John Belushi

YourselfPressureYouMoreHeatGet

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.

Max Beerbohm

PenBrilliantNeedGiveMineFar

I think I gravitate towards people who express themselves in a simple and funny way.

John Slattery

FunnySimplePeopleThinkWayWho

I have never been married. I don't know if I will ever marry, though I hope to. When I am asked why I have not married, I explain that my parents have been happily married for 42 years. The bar feels so very high for that kind of commitment.

Roxane Gay

HopeCommitmentI AmParentsKnow

When the season ends, it's all about the next season.

Jon Gruden

NextSeasonAboutEnds

I think success is a relative term. If you're a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success is being exceptional. It's exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect.

Jon Taffer

SuccessRespectThinkBetterYou

I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.

Donald Trump

TimeEarlyIndependentRepublican

You don't have to reinvent the wheel every day. Today you will do what you did yesterday, and tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually you will get somewhere.

Chuck Close

TodayDayTomorrowYouYesterday

Painted talking heads is just boring.

Brian Azzarello

TalkingBoringJustTalking Heads

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

Annie Lennox

LifeSoulValueMy LifeMy SoulYou

You always think you're better than you are in the beginning.

Todd Barry

BeginningThinkBetterYouAlways

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