Junot Diaz Quotes

I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 31, 1968

Topics

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Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

DestinyWishesWayBeyondOrderOwn

If you can create an environment where people are invited to do their best work and the best ideas always win, then the project itself will win.

Jennifer Carpenter

WorkBestPeopleIdeasWinYou

When something is coming off of a Neve board and being laid down on tape, it's like a warm blanket for the brain. When you're working in a digital form, it's so harsh; it's almost painful. Your ears get more fatigued if you're mixing all day.

Jenny Lewis

DayBrainWarmYouDownDigital

I never wanted my kids to feel I was more interested in anything I was doing than I was in them.

John Irving

FeelDoingMoreNeverAnythingKids

I get more ambitious every decade, and I am more ambitious today than ever before. I still love the game - and the thrill of the chase.

Michael Ashcroft

LoveTodayI AmGameMoreDecade

I am like a security camera ever on the watch. The furtive quality of vision feels to me like an incredibly valuable weapon. Everything I see gets transformed into a private sketch or painting in my mind, stored away for future reference, future evidence, future ammunition.

Rosemary Mahoney

FutureVisionQualityI AmMindMe

When I'm training hard, the diet is miserable.

Luke Evans

TrainingDietHardMiserable

Institutions are increasingly persuaded that political maneuvering is more important than scientific justification in securing federal funds.

Mildred Dresselhaus

PoliticalImportantMoreInstitutions

Movies are weird; it's like trying to make a painting with one hundred people. It's a weird world, but every job is weird; it's always a little bit hard, crazy and fun, a nice combination.

Dito Montiel

JobFunPeoplePaintingCrazyWorld

I may never get back to the track. The problem was that I was dominating my event, and the winning became slightly boring. I wanted new challenges, and I've got that on the road.

Bradley Wiggins

ChallengesWinningRoadProblemBack

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.

Philip Kaufman

TimeQualityWordsInterestingNow

My only saving grace is that I actually collect things that nobody else is interested in.

Phil Collins

GraceNobodyThingsOnlyInterested

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