Beth Ditto Quotes

I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision.

Beth Ditto

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Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.

Andrew Motion

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I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.

Matt Ridley

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My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until I won the National Gallery Portrait Competition.

Amy Sherald

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I'm sure I'll be doing something of social or political worth the rest of my life.

Amy Carter

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I guess I'm crazy. If everything was easy-peasy and green lights all the time, it'd be kind of boring.

Rose Namajunas

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I think one third of my work is with first-time directors because I think I should, you know? Really, the difference between a first-time director and a second- or third-time director - I mean there's no director who makes enough movies anyway - but if they're talented, they have it. And there is no movie that is perfect.

Rutger Hauer

WorkThinkEnoughYouPerfectKnow

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Miguel de Cervantes

LifeMadnessToo MuchSeeMayMuch

When I say, 'I can't stay long, I'm in-between meals,' that plays differently on the radio than it does in person. So I have to pick material that works because the words are funny, not just because of the images.

Louie Anderson

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When you act a scene with Sidney Poitier, he listens intently to every word you say. You can feel your words hit him. He makes the scene utterly real.

Judy Geeson

WordsFeelYouSayRealHim

Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly relates to the aging of the baby boom generation. But the pace of decline accelerated with the recession.

Janet Yellen

GreatAgingBabyGenerationEarly

The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.

Jose Carreras

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My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.

Cheryl Strayed

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