James Taylor Quotes

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

James Taylor

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MeProcessMysteriousSongwriting

I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument.

Robert Smith

IgnorancePeoplePlayBeingAble

Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.

Anna Maria Chavez

EnvironmentCapableAgreeNimbleOur

Does anyone want to see a person who's making the money that the newspapers say I'm making complaining, 'Woe is me, my life is terrible, and people are being unfair?' No one would've had any patience for that. I wouldn't have any patience for that.

Matt Lauer

LifePatienceMoneyPeopleMeWant

You don't get to choose where you were born; you only get to choose where you live.

Matt Rosendale

LiveYouChooseBornWhereGet

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Mercedes McCambridge

AdmirationAnonymousPhenomenon

I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.

Amanda Hocking

WritingFamousPlanLongI CanWant

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

Sophia Loren

WomanPurposeDressViewFenceLike

All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before Michael Jackson, and there were music videos after Michael Jackson. He brought such a huge change in the marketing and positioning of the music video.

Sonu Nigam

ChangeMusicWorldMarketingTrue

Education is and will be the most powerful tool for individual and social change, and we must do all that it takes to facilitate it.

Shiv Nadar

EducationChangePowerfulWillTool

Normally, I never dress up.

Roberto Cavalli

DressNeverUpNormally

In 1991, my father passed away and I went on a spiritual quest. It was a light one, not too terribly deep because I'm not terribly deep, and neither was my father.

Mike Myers

FatherLightSpiritualDeepQuest

I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to do with my life was to improve societies, and the way to do that was to find out what made economies work the way they did or fail to work.

Douglass North

LifeWorkSchoolMy LifeIntention

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