David Kirsch Quotes

If you look at Jane Fonda's first tape, it's like, 'How to injure yourself to music.'

David Kirsch

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MusicYourselfYouLookFirstLike

When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

NatureWorldAmericaHuman Nature

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding.

John Cleese

SmallThinkAmericaYouGoTry

There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long a novel is in your head before you start to write it.

John Irving

IgnoranceStartLongYouWriteHead

Argentines have billions of pesos overseas because they didn't trust in the state.

Mauricio Macri

TrustBecauseStateOverseas

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.

Sun Tzu

YourselfVictorySayingStandYou

If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.

Robert De Niro

ChairLongComfortableRightTake

The Mozilla project is big in terms of lines of code and complexity.

Mitchell Baker

ProjectBigLinesComplexityCode

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do.

Joni Mitchell

WorkNaturePersonAnalyticalVery

The voice muscle doesn't last forever. I have a lot of friends who are classical and opera singers. My friend Beverly Sills stopped singing in her 50s, so I'm careful with mine. But I'll keep going as long as it lets me.

Johnny Mathis

FriendKeep GoingMeSingingVoice

I have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.

Corey Taylor

DayIdeasDevilHandsEvery Day

I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper.

Allan Sherman

HotelLivingPayOutWhereBecause

There has been a great list of players who cut their teeth in Europe.

Peter Uihlein

GreatTeethEuropeCutPlayersBeen

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