Jane Howard Quotes

She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

Jane Howard

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SheSaintPatronPeripheral

We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work.

Jennifer Pahlka

WorkGovernmentBureaucracyWayIdea

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.

Matthew Weiner

GoodBusinessYouEntertainmentLast

I think the most fundamental error we make is mistaking a noisy, anomalous event for the norm. This happens all the time - in the stock market, in reports of crime and natural disaster, etc. The fact is that big, noisy, anomalous events catch our attention because they're anomalous, which isn't a problem in and of itself.

Stephen J. Dubner

TimeThinkProblemStock MarketBig

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.

Tom Waits

WorldLookingVoiceWantMy OwnOwn

All my skill sets have grown; my experience in the Octagon has grown. I honestly just think I'm getting better with every fight.

Robert Whittaker

ExperienceFightThinkBetterSkill

I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.

Mike Oldfield

YourselfSelfLawyersNowSayGet

Remember a few years ago when Congress declared that the sauce on a slice of pizza should count as a vegetable in school lunches? You don't have to be a nutritionist to know that this doesn't make much sense.

Michelle Obama

SchoolPizzaRememberYouKnow

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working.

Lisa Loeb

FriendMusicPeopleMindMeVoice

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.

Jon Stewart

GreatNew YorkCityBornNewJewish

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

Derek Luke

DreamsMyselfChallengeDayReality

People don't understand, and I do, is what happens after wrestling. What do you do when people stop chanting your name? For me, I already had that with the nightclub business before wrestling and now with DDP YOGA.

Diamond Dallas Page

BusinessPeopleMeNameYouStop

My secret is simple. I have a very short attention span, and writing lots of things fast appeases that very attention span.

Shiloh Walker

SimpleWritingShortAttentionFast

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