Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes

It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a Japanese octogenarian man.

Curtis Sittenfeld

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GirlManMeAmericanFeelSomeone

I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.

Jim C. Hines

FamilyDayJobWritingWriteIncome

If I could be working every day, I would be.

Melanie Lynskey

DayEvery DayIf I CouldWorking

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them.

Tommy Shaw

KnowSideGotOlderTownSome

God has use for all the old people.

Ruby Dee

GodPeopleOld PeopleOldUse

I'm excited to be part of a movement that's progressing country music. There's always gonna be people saying, 'It ain't country anymore,' but I don't get into that whole deal.

Luke Bryan

MusicPeopleSayingCountryMovement

I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met.

Douglas Booth

WomenBeautifulPeopleWorldYou

As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.

Chris Fussell

CommunicationLeaderHabitValueYou

In our culture, I think that there is no markers anymore. Young men don't really have something that says you're a grown up now, until you have a baby.

Antoine Fuqua

CultureMenBabyThinkYouYoung

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.

Anthony Horowitz

LifeHistoryBeginningStoryTelling

In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive.

Ali Liebegott

DogTodayBeachPeopleControlFree

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.

Seth MacFarlane

DayJobMindYouStrangePlaces

Money never seems to be interested in strengthening regulatory agencies, for example, but always in subverting them, in making them miss the danger signs in coal mines and in derivatives trading and in deep-sea oil wells.

Thomas Frank

MoneyOilNeverSignsAlwaysDanger

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