James McBride Quotes

I cannot recall any moment of clarity about becoming a writer. I always liked to read. That's what did it.

James McBride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1957

Topics

MomentClarityAlwaysBecomingRead

Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.

Robert Staughton Lynd

SayingWorthMeanThingsMostMakes

Businesses must invest in products and people in order to create new wealth.

John Hoeven

PeopleWealthCreateNewProducts

I just want to be able surf everything - from big waves to small waves.

John John Florence

SmallWavesWantEverythingBig

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

Martin Yan

BusinessTeacherMyselfCookingEven

It is the performance of the business that matters. It is hard enough to figure out the future of the business. Do not try to figure out the future of the country or the world; focus on the business.

Mohnish Pabrai

FutureBusinessFocusWorldEnough

For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.

Joyce Maynard

SeriouslyOthersYearsTakeDid

To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.

Jon Landau

FreedomCultureYouthLateNever

I don't think anybody would argue now that the Internet isn't becoming a major factor in our lives. However, it's very new to us. Newsreaders still feel it is worth a special and rather worrying mention if, for instance, a crime was planned by people 'over the Internet.'

Douglas Adams

PeopleThinkInternetFeelWorth

I'm about as straight an arrow as you'll find out there.

Deborah Norville

YouFindArrowOutStraightAbout

Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.

Corey Hawkins

CharacterControlFeelSometimes

I'm lucky to have met Nicolas Ghesquiere, the creative director of Vuitton. He understands me and knows me, and I admire his sensibility and talent. Karl Lagerfeld is another huge designer and artist for whom I feel affection and admiration.

Brigitte Macron

CreativeTalentMeFeelArtist

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

Antony Gormley

ArtThinkSaySeenSomethingPublic

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