Emily Oster Quotes

The enjoyment of work - to the extent that you have any - is likely highest in the first hours of the day when you are fresh, not tired, working on the most important things.

Emily Oster

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WorkDayTiredYouImportantFirst

The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head.

John Byng

EnemyNowBeganAppear

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

Althea Gibson

LifeLiveWantNormalSuccessful

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.

Sigmund Freud

EgoPersonAverageNormalPsychotic

I wanted to try before I got too old to try to do a big movie and I'd been looking for something to do that was interesting enough to spend those two years of my life on.

Tony Gilroy

LifeLookingInterestingMy LifeTry

I don't care more about '13' because it's in the Olivier than I did about 'Cock' in a 100-seat studio. They both matter because it's still a person sat there watching your play. And the play has to be good enough - because there are a hundred other writers out there who deserve to have their play on instead.

Mike Bartlett

GoodCareEnoughPersonPlayMatter

Let's talk about after-school programs generally. They're supposed to be educational programs, right? And that's what they're supposed to do; they're supposed to help kids who can't - who don't get fed at home, get fed so that they do better at school. Guess what? There's no demonstrable evidence they're actually doing that.

Mick Mulvaney

HomeSchoolBetterDoingHelpTalk

I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.

Moira Kelly

MeComedyI CanCryTimingHard

I could release myself into acting in a way that I was not released socially.

Jason Isaacs

MyselfActingWayReleaseCould

I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

Jose Aldo

FocusJobFightMindThinkPressure

I'm sure there were plenty of loving, attentive mothers in the 'me generation,' but none of them lived at my house.

Ariel Gore

MeGenerationHouseLovingLived

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

Philip Johnson

LifeArtMeSatisfactionNothing

There are doctors who help people who have done bad things; there are lawyers who defend bad people. I don't think it's unique to my profession.

Sean Spicer

PeopleThinkHelpBad PeopleBad

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