Bert Lance Quotes

In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.

Bert Lance

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PoliticsPeopleHurtGoalSometimes

I'm probably more comfortable inside a Marine Corps rifle company than I am anywhere in my life.

Jim Webb

LifeI AmMy LifeComfortableMore

You get spoiled as a novelist because you get to be the director and the editor, and you play all the parts, but as a screenwriter, you are a bit down the ladder.

Jo Nesbo

YouDownPlayLadderDirectorGet

I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.'

Max Brooks

LiveJobNightBookSaturdayWay

Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.

Jeff Kinney

ChildrenParentsOpinionReading

Some people are really good at packaging themselves, but that's not really me.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

GoodPeopleMeSome PeoplePackaging

When you build your own brand, people will still return your phone calls regardless of the call letters or where you actually work, because they now know you and they trust you in what you have to say and what you're doing. That, to me, is the most important aspect when it comes to building your brand.

Roland Martin

WorkTrustPeopleMeBuildingBrand

I really understand what that process is all about and how important it is, especially with young folk and creative folk that love looking for some platform that makes it easier for them to express themselves.

Mick Fleetwood

LoveCreativeLookingProcessYoung

I don't listen to Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson records.

Chris Cornell

ListenRecordsBeyonceHudson

Nothing surprises me about Berry Gordy.

Brandon Victor Dixon

MeNothingSurprisesAboutBerry

Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.

Aubrey de Grey

FireEnvironmentDesireWheelFix

Your greatest achievement is to love me.

Prince Charles

LoveAchievementMeLove MeGreatest

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.

Mordecai Richler

OpportunityMeWritingWorldDoing

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