Gregory Maguire Quotes

I'm a comic writer, in some ways, and a comic person when I'm up at a podium, in order to disguise the fact that in my heart I'm disgustingly earnest.

Gregory Maguire

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HeartPersonUpOrderDisguiseFact

Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.

Jerry Hall

Growing UpEatingTexasEndBudget

I think in any situation, so much of effective leadership is when it comes from your own personality. And I feel very fortunate to be comfortable in the Colts locker room, where people can be who they are, and they don't have to change it when they show up to work that day.

Andrew Luck

WorkLeadershipChangeDayPeople

I think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community.

Max Carver

CommunityStartThinkCareHelpYou

I grew up in the projects with four older brothers.

Michael Che

UpOlderFourBrothersProjects

One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.

Robert Fortune

LoveGardeningPeopleFlowersHigh

I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.

Ritchie Blackmore

TiredSickGuitarLostHearingUp

Part of the problem in politics is that people only look at the next four to eight years: kick the can down the road and say, 'Hey, it's the next person's problem.'

Michael Nutter

PoliticsPeopleRoadProblemLook

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

Michael Schumacher

BelieveYouHideEmotionsTrySame

If I'd never gone out and done more than one restaurant, my food wouldn't be as good as it is today. I've learned a lot from people who work for me.

Michael Mina

WorkGoodTodayFoodPeopleMe

When it's between the covers of a book, content is perceived to have literary substance - or more so that it might otherwise.

David Shields

BookMoreContentBetweenSubstance

When I first arrived in Los Angeles from New York in 2004 to try to break into television, I couldn't believe how segregated it was - how many neighborhoods were nearly all-white or all-black or -Asian or -Latino.

Courtney A. Kemp

New YorkBelieveTelevisionNewTry

In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.

Brett Favre

LifeFootballSmallGoNowWill

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