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Gin Wigmore Quotes

Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful - getting back at all the bad boyfriends.

Gin Wigmore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: new zealander
Birth: June 6, 1986

Topics

Music Writing World Confident Bad

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And when those plants were put into operation, they were required to have double and triple redundant safety systems.

Joe Barton

Safety Plants Plan Double United

It all goes back to 'Wow, I never knew this about Marco Polo.' This is an incredible story and an incredible character, and such a rich world of Mongolian and Chinese culture.

John Fusco

Character Culture World Story Rich

I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier.

Andrei Platonov

Want Soldier Up Arms Word Scale

I have a very long pre-writing process where I'm jotting down ideas in a notebook and ripping out relevant newspaper articles - a long fact-finding mission.

Megan McCafferty

Ideas Process Long Mission Down Out

From losing my mom, I'll never be okay; I'll never be put together again.

Andy Grammer

Together Losing Mom Never Okay Put

I seem most instinctively to believe in the human value of creative writing, whether in the form of verse or fiction, as a mode of truth-telling, self-expression and homage to the twin miracles of creation and consciousness.

John Updike

Creative Value Writing Believe Human

The best Chipotle restaurant managers get the title 'restaurateur' and a $10,000 bonus for each person they hire who starts as crew and goes on to become a manager.

Steve Ells

Best Restaurant Person Manager Hire

In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families... A struggle without casualties is no struggle.

Steven Biko

Change Struggle Lose Security Take

Even though we don't always realize it, as the day goes on, we have increased difficulty exerting self-control and focusing on our work. As self-control wears out, we feel tired and find tasks to be more difficult, and our mood sours.

Travis Bradberry

Work Day Tired Feel Find Mood

New York had this wild beat that anybody could dance to. It was very nurturing to young people.

Mary Steenburgen

Dance New York People New Young

We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.

Miguel de Icaza

Choose Over Because Cannot Code

The burden of the past is only, I think, oppressive when you've got to go on the experience of the avant garde.

Jonathan Miller

Experience Past Think You Go Burden