Jane Velez-Mitchell Quotes

We have been brainwashed into craving a diet that is killing us. What we believe tastes good is generally what we have been socially conditioned to enjoy.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

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GoodBelieveDietEnjoyCravingUs

There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

Jimmy Connors

ThoughtWishDoingPlayMoreNever

As a congressman, why should I be forced to peruse cable stations and blog sites for information on the discussions and then be asked to vote for the deal when I have no input and no time to know even what's in it?

John Fleming

TimeInformationKnowVoteWhyDeal

Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.

Robert Runcie

GodDareGroupWillNeverNation

If any of you cry at my funeral, I'll never speak to you again!

Stan Laurel

SpeakYouCryNeverFuneralAgain

I have been very fortunate to be supported by many people in my career. I also appreciate my personal friends, business friends, and my family who have been patient and understanding of my long working hours.

Shuji Nakamura

FamilyBusinessPeopleAppreciate

Browsing the first editions at my local independent bookstore, I came across 'Pastoralia,' a collection of stories by George Saunders. I'd read one of the stories in it already, and several other Saunders stories in magazines and anthologies, and liked them all.

Trenton Lee Stewart

IndependentFirstCollectionStories

I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.

Matt Bomer

RomanticRelationshipsWhateverMeans

It was either therapy or die.

Mickey Rourke

DieTherapyEither

In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because they feel something else will happen; that the experience will take them beyond themselves and show them something they haven't seen before.

Mohsin Hamid

ExperienceYourselfWritingHelpYou

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

Joseph Brodsky

LanguageInevitableMoreAncientAny

In the end, I think people prefer the good to win rather than the bad.

Aung San Suu Kyi

GoodPeopleWinThinkEndBad

I was a painter, then a novelist, then a journalist, then a screenwriter, and now I'm a director, and it feels all part of the same continuum. One led to the other, and it just feels like the natural confluence of all the ways of storytelling that I've been doing for almost 30 years.

Peter Landesman

DoingNowStorytellingDirectorSame

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