Elif Batuman Quotes

Why is there an end of the year? Because the calendar imposes numerical order on time. There is a natural fitness in the celebration of the New Year, a holiday of numbers imposed on things, with lists, as well as with Advent calendars and songs like 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'

Elif Batuman

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TimeFitnessEndYearHolidayNew

I may not be wealthy; I'm living from pay check to pay check, but I get to make movies, which is what I love to do.

Jennifer Lynch

LoveMoviesLivingPayCheckMay

This is embarrassing and personal, but once a month, since I was twelve years old, I go to my favorite jewelry store and try on my dream ring.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

JewelryDreamGoRingPersonalTry

When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what to wear.

Jean Paul Gaultier

MyselfCrazyFashionDriveTrying

It's not hard to motivate myself because once you get a taste for winning races, you simply don't want to do anything else. You get a buzz from it. You want it every day. Only someone who has experienced winning can understand how good it feels.

Tony McCoy

GoodMyselfDayWinningSomeoneYou

So I left with Jean Claude and went to Paris, so when the Russians came to Prague, I was in Paris.

Milos Forman

ParisLeftRussiansPragueCame

To put up a show is to face life's injustices with one of the few weapons available to a desperate and brave people, their imagination.

Luigi Barzini

LifeImaginationPeopleBraveFace

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

Joni Mitchell

GuitarGotDifferent

We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

Jonathan Cain

MusicSoulAmericanPlayRockRadio

I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.

Denis Leary

BestSenseWordCatholic

You want to strike that happy medium: the balance of being able to find creative satisfaction in your profession, be able to afford a roof over your head, but still have the freedom to live a relatively normal life.

Chris Evans

LifeLiveFreedomBalanceCreative

My hands are already full writing and directing, because that's a full time job. Actually, that's why I don't produce as well, as there's already enough producers.

David Twohy

TimeJobWritingEnoughHandsWhy

I was playing a lot of bigger, sort-of-comedic characters in slightly heightened realities, and it had been so fun and fulfilling for a long time. But it got to a point where I just felt like I didn't have that in me anymore.

Ari Graynor

TimeFunMeLongLong TimeBigger

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