Hugh Howey Quotes

One of the many things that surprised me about 'Wool' is how many of its fans don't consider themselves science fiction readers.

Hugh Howey

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One of the great things about making 'Reel History' was meeting British people from all over the class system. It made me realise that London is a different country.

Melvyn Bragg

HistoryGreatPeopleMeGreat Things

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Jean Toomer

LifeLearnRopeKnots

Brooklyn just got that energy to me that's so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world.

Statik Selektah

New YorkCityMeWorldEnergyYou

I don't plan massively in advance.

Stella McCartney

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I've tried every which way for writing lyrics - everything from using really bizarre imagery and metaphors, sort of obscuring the facts of what I'm singing about, all the way over to a song like 'Losing My Mind,' where you're just reading my thoughts as they're occurring.

Rivers Cuomo

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I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'

Mika Brzezinski

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I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Mitch Kapor

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I believe God is a poet; every religion in our history was made of poems and songs, and not a few of them had books attached.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Even in Hollywood, there are personal descents that evoke only sad shakes of the head, especially where there's sheer, unassailable talent in the mix.

Chris Connelly

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We can all learn something from people we admire.

Chris Gardner

PeopleLearnAdmireSomething

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.

Anthony Mackie

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