Hugh Miller Quotes

They were, I doubt not, happy enough in their dark stalls, because they were horses, and had plenty to eat; and I was at times quite happy enough in the dark loft, because I was a man, and could think and imagine.

Hugh Miller

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ManHappyThinkEnoughDoubtDark

There's more than enough in the world I am currently writing about to last for several lifetimes of writing.

Jhumpa Lahiri

I AmWritingWorldEnoughMoreLast

It's always special when you're young and you have a vision for something you want to do, and somebody takes a moment to connect with you. Now if there are kids on the set I try to talk to them for a bit.

Jeremy Sumpter

VisionMomentYouYoungWantTalk

I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.

John Irving

BookThinkYouSometimesKindWhere

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.

Spike Lee

CreditYouMoviesGetYourStuff

My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.

Steve Sabol

JobHatMindPictureCareerMovies

The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.

Robin S. Sharma

BusinessTrustBestPeopleFeelWho

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Mary Wortley Montagu

DiamondsLibertyChainsPrefer

Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

Miguel de Cervantes

ComfortMiserableOnlyPartnersWoes

It's not that things won't change - they can't help but change. Things are becoming more and more competitive.

Lu Guanqiu

ChangeHelpMoreThingsCompetitive

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

Luc de Clapiers

LiveAchievementOpportunitiesSpirit

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

Chris Rock

PersonalityStartSayKindTrueGuy

Some people go to L.A. just to see recognizable people. There are tour buses. But in New York, everyone seems a little less into that.

Winona Ryder

New YorkPeopleGoNewSome People

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