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Greg Kinnear Quotes

Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C.

Greg Kinnear

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: June 17, 1963

Topics

Goals Opportunity Opportunities Blind

Growing up, my two favorite books were Woody Allen's 'Side Effects' and Phyllis Diller's 'Housekeeping Hints.' I carried that Phyllis Diller book with me everywhere when I was in fifth or sixth grade. Eventually, it just fell apart.

Jill Davis

Me Growing Up Book Growing Up Side

A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it's not that surprising.

Melanie Chisholm

People Me Doing My Own Spice Always

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.

Amy Lowell

Science Literature Always Modern

I wasn't bat mitzvahed.

Amy Heckerling

Bat

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

Sidney Poitier

Morning Wake Up Better Person Better

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Simon Newcomb

Adversity Habit Looking Back Looking

I try to do other characters that are different from Monk, obviously, because I'd like to be remembered for more than just that.

Tony Shalhoub

Try More Remembered Monk Different

I bring so much of myself to each character that there's always a worrying point when I think: 'Oh no, I'm really that person.'

Michelle Gomez

Character Myself Think Person Always

So many great singers we know have come from the church.

Lizz Wright

Great Church Know Come Singers Many

I am specifically concerned about the idea that the legislative process is one that gets characterized the way it is as the 'fiscal cliff.' At the end of the day, the United States is the biggest economy in the world, and the dollar is the reserve currency in the world. I think it behooves us to act in a much more responsible way.

Lloyd Blankfein

Day I Am World Think Process End

I can't stand wearing the same clothes all day. It makes me insane. I like to dress for the afternoon and for dinner.

Dita Von Teese

Day Dress Me Dinner Stand Clothes

I've got a bread maker, so sometimes I make my own. That's what's lovely about not working full-time: I can bake bread.

Debra Stephenson

I Can Bread Sometimes My Own Lovely