Ethan Canin Quotes

I've discovered over the years that being subject to both the adoration and the vilification actually makes me more disciplined. It makes me understand that it's the idea of writing a great book that propels me now, whereas it used to be the idea of success.

Ethan Canin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 19, 1960

Topics

SuccessGreatMeWritingBookNow

Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard.

Jenna Elfman

MeDramaHardSeemJust

I always tell people I'm not one of these guys that was, like, born with, like, a halfway decent body.

Max Greenfield

PeopleBodyBornAlwaysTellDecent

Your customers are judging every aspect of every transaction and rating everything, from friendliness of people to ease of doing business to quality of product to service after the sale.

Jeffrey Gitomer

BusinessServiceQualityPeopleEase

Why is there this myth? People say, 'Oh, you are a style icon. You're 'French, French, French.' It's not true, you know; there are stylish people everywhere.

Jeanne Damas

StylePeopleStylishYouKnowTrue

Growing up as a little, introverted boy, dance was the only way I could communicate. For me, it's the greatest language - no words. Sharing people's stories through the art of movement is magical.

Alyssa Edwards

ArtDanceWordsPeopleGrowing Up

I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out.

Steven Wright

GlassesWalkingDownStreetOutRan

If I conduct myself publicly and privately in a way that is honorable, not just to the people of the district that I represent but to God, then I will feel like I have been successful.

Steve Largent

GodMyselfPeopleFeelWillWay

I think what people like about people is when they live their life the way they want to live it, unapologetically, and if they're being true to themselves.

Ron Livingston

LifeLivePeopleThinkWantTrue

Climate change is not just about carbon dioxide levels and melting polar ice caps. It is about our public health and protecting our Earth for future generations.

Mike Quigley

ChangeFutureHealthIceEarthJust

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

Mike Ditka

WinAchieveWantMotivateWho

I come from a very, very small town. There were no other actors around. I never met any actors. A lot of those times when I'd be out in the sheds with my dad, I'd step outside, and there's just nothing out there but thousands of acres, forty thousand sheep, and miles of nothing. And so my mind would just wonder about what else was out there.

Jason Clarke

StepMindSmallSheepSmall Town

The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical style that needed no justification because it came so naturally to them. As they grew musically the mere repetition of old rock and blues tunes became increasingly less satisfying.

Jon Landau

StyleEarlyRepetitionBluesRock

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