Ellen Ullman Quotes

The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin; the publication of 'Jane Eyre' - add anything you like.

Ellen Ullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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  • Nationality: american

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HistoryFireYouDiscoveryEarth

I could see when I was filming '21' that it was going to go a direction I wasn't comfortable with it going.

Jim Sturgess

DirectionGoComfortableSeeGoing

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.

Stephen Sondheim

TimeSongStorySpeechTryingYou

I'm all about dancing.

Rob Gronkowski

DancingAbout

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

Russell Baker

PoetryLossAirportWillHeavyMost

When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Heaven Up Here'... I had a more intimate relationship with those records than I did with most of the people in my life.

Moby

LifeRelationshipSadJoyPeople

In fighting, when someone's signed up to fight me, I'm not humble. I've never been humble.

Luke Rockhold

HumbleFightMeFightingSomeoneUp

When it was time to meet a chimpanzee, I got very, very anxious because they have the strength of ten men, so I hear.

Louis Theroux

StrengthTimeMenMeetGotBecause

Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no man can hasten or retard.

Janos Bolyai

ManWoodsSeasonLikeMathematical

I run four times a week.

Jason Flemyng

WeekRunFourTimes

When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.

Dawn Steel

LoseMoreScaredTemperGetAnxious

There's a final exam in venture every four to six years. The scary thing is you need to get an 'A' in every discipline. You need to be on generational planning, need to be on great deal flow, need be on great outcomes, you need to be on great company building.

David Sze

GreatDisciplineBuildingPlanning

I don't jump as high and I'm not as fast as Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. I don't have many highlight plays, but I can play this game.

Chris Bosh

GameFastI CanPlayJumpHigh

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