Ellen Ullman Quotes

I won't use Twitter. Twitter posts are thought-farts. I don't care about unconsidered thoughts of the moment.

Ellen Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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  • Nationality: american

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MomentThoughtsCareTwitterUse

I feel I'm entitled to my opinion, right or wrong.

Jimmie Johnson

OpinionFeelWrongRightI Feel

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

Roscoe Mitchell

HomePracticeMeBackWantKind

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

Ron Silver

GoodEnergySkillConcentrationThen

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

Ruby Dee

PeopleRelationshipsScaryLived

Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

CourageCommitmentPeopleReality

If you're a cartoon character or most TV characters, sure, you'll fight, because the punches are juicy-sounding and they don't leave marks. But in real life, if somebody punches you in the eye, it doesn't make any noise and your eye is swollen for, like, six months. It's a nightmare to get punched in the eye.

Louis C. K.

LifeCharacterFightEyeYouLeave

A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.

Liya Kebede

WomenDaughterMeMomGoldSmall

We actually have 10 times as many cells of microbes on us as we have human cells... We are literally a teeming ecosystem of microorganisms.

Jonathan Eisen

HumanCellsUsEcosystemManyTimes

It's hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores.

Christina Baker Kline

SellingClosingHardOutBeingOff

I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't care what you think. I'm having a great time.

Chris Martin

FreedomGreatTimeThinkCareYou

Celebrity is a pathological sickness of the culture. Narcissists on screen being consumed by narcissists off-screen.

William Hurt

CultureSicknessCelebrityScreen

For me, the American Dream was to go racing; for others, it's to pursue whatever their goals may be.

Rick Mears

GoalsAmerican DreamMeAmericanGo

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