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Howard Gardner Quotes

By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 11, 1943

Topics

Nature I Am Try Optimist Act Though

I don't like to try very hard. Most of the time it's just jeans, a T-shirt and Converse trainers. Casual, comfortable and boyish is how I'd describe my look. The way people wear clothes makes them stylish, rather than the clothes themselves.

Time People Stylish Clothes Look

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.

Work Happiness Moment I Am Happy

I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing.

Parents Eye Proud Career Complicated

The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him.

Time Man You Never Him Over

I spent a long time away from my parents when I was younger. I would go hunting and fishing with my uncle, and we would go for weeks at a time. I also spent a lot of time in Texas with my grandparents.

Time Fishing Parents Texas Uncle Go

People will write whatever they want and make up whatever they want anyway.

People Want Will Write Whatever Up

We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.

Music City Philadelphia Serious Jazz

I opted out of the band.

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

Good Experience People Easy Provide

When I do comedy, it's not like I'm trying to be funny for folks; I look for the honesty in it. With James Early in 'Dreamgirls,' it was the honesty of it: it was the reality of the moment. You know, I don't know what makes me play sometimes. I really don't. I just do what I do. And that's what I did for 'Sliders,' and that's how I got the job.

Cleavant Derricks

Funny Honesty Moment Job Me Reality

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

I Am People Me Know Who About

Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well.

Dreams Happiness Quality People Me

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