Gregory Maguire Quotes

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

Gregory Maguire

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MirrorYourselfCuriousInteresting

How do you say no when a little kid is asking you for ice cream? I know I can't say no to it myself.

Jimmie Johnson

MyselfIceYouIce CreamKnowSay

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.

Jo Brand

WomenBirdOldDragonStereotype

Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction.

John Chamberlain

ArtPeopleFindWillingMadeMeans

I felt the need to unlearn my formal education.

Michael Cimino

EducationNeedFormalFeltUnlearn

I'm not the sort to back away from a fight. I don't believe in shrinking from anything. It's not my speed; I'm a guy who meets adversities head on.

John Wayne

FightBelieveSpeedBackHeadGuy

About 80 percent of the photos on Flickr are public and searchable by everyone. In one sense, it's a place where people upload snapshots from the family reunion, wedding or the birth of a baby or something like that, but it's also a place where people go to show what the world looks like to them.

Stewart Butterfield

FamilyPeopleBabyWorldWeddingGo

Baseball has been my favorite sport all my life.

Tom Golisano

LifeBaseballMy LifeFavoriteBeen

The ACA - popularly known as 'Obamacare' - has been an important step forward toward an admirable goal: providing access to health insurance for all Americans. But like many reforms generated by the political process, the ACA is problematic.

Ron Williams

HealthStepForwardPoliticalGoal

There is something a little vulgar about writing a novel that is too close to the present, too concerned with current events, too eager to critique technological advancements.

Michelle Dean

WritingPresentEventsTechnological

I love picture books - with picture books, you can use words and pictures as a double act, even tell two different versions of a story at the same time.

Mini Grey

LoveTimeWordsStoryPictureYou

Some situations you cause yourself.

Little Richard

YourselfYouCauseSomeSituations

Though Barbados has been independent since 1966, its capital, Bridgetown, still has elements of a thriving British colonial port.

Alistair Horne

IndependentPortBritishBeenStill

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