Homer Hickam Quotes

After marketing surveys by Universal Studios indicated that 'Rocket Boys' as a movie title would not attract the female over-age-thirty demographic, the film was retitled and released as 'October Sky.'

Homer Hickam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1943

Topics

SkyMarketingAttractRocketFilm

For the vast majority of Americans who work hard and play by the rules, paying the bills may be hard some months, but it's something we always do.

Ami Bera

WorkWork HardRulesPlayHardMay

My biggest mistake was when I started up easyEverything, a chain of Internet cafes. The idea that people would go to a shop to use a computer was revolutionary in 1999. It worked for a while, but cheap technology almost killed it. One silver lining of the problems I faced was that it gave me experience of turnarounds.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

TechnologyExperienceMistakePeople

I'm not happy not doing anything. When positive things are rolling in, you've got to take them when you can get them.

Tori Spelling

PositiveHappyDoingYouAnything

I work out at Runyon Canyon almost every morning.

Trevor Donovan

WorkMorningCanyonOutWork Out

I'm not a perfect person - far from it.

Tony Bellew

PerfectPersonFarPerfect Person

You know, I did records by myself and I always will say the Isley Brothers, and featuring Ronald. I won't, you know, just, I won't try to deviate from the Isley Brothers, because that's what the family dream was all about.

Ronald Isley

FamilyMyselfYouDreamKnowSay

Portugal have a mix of players and talent, which is what Portuguese players and coaches are often about. It's like play-ground football.

Julen Lopetegui

FootballTalentPlayersLikeMix

If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.

Deborah Tannen

WomenMenWomanBossTalkingYou

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.

David Whyte

PoetrySocietyFaceInterestingJust

There's sadness to anyone that dies before their time, and specifically ones that seem to affect people in a positive way. It doesn't matter if it's Whitney Houston or a nameless, faceless person on the street. That's just as big of a tragedy for me.

Chris Cornell

PositiveTimePeopleMeSadnessWay

I thought I would just become a pro at a golf course.

Boo Weekley

ThoughtGolfBecomeJustWouldPro

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

Audre Lorde

LoveValentine's DayTimeYouDeeply

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