Ayelet Waldman Quotes

I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information was naturally frightening; up to 1 in 5 people with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and rates may even be higher for those suffering from bipolar II.

Ayelet Waldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: December 11, 1964

Topics

DepressionPeopleSufferingSuicide

I'm not a person who naturally loves to wake up in the morning and go 'Yeah, I'm going to work out for five hours - wooh!' Like, that's not my thing. I'm from Texas. I like to eat carbs. I like to chill out with my friends and do anything but 150 push-ups and sit-ups.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

WorkMorningWake UpTexasChillGo

No batch of 10 people will have as much an influence on the company as those first 10 people.

John Collison

PeopleInfluenceWillFirstCompany

Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.

Max McKeown

CatsSheepSayWantIndependentOwn

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?

John Lennon

LivePeopleSocietyWrongLiving

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

Anish Kapoor

IdeasGrowOutOther

I am afraid of aeroplanes. I've been able to avoid flying for some time, but I suppose, if I had to, I would. Perhaps it's a case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. At one time, I had a pilot's licence and 160 hours of solo time on single-engine light aircraft. Unfortunately, all that seemed to do was make me mistrust large aeroplanes.

Stanley Kubrick

KnowledgeTimeLightI AmMeFlying

Songwriting is my gift from God.

Smokey Robinson

GodGiftSongwriting

'Tell me about yourself.' When interviewers ask this, they don't want to hear about everything that has happened in your life; the interviewer's objective is to see how you respond to this vague yet personal question.

Travis Bradberry

LifeYourselfMeYouWantPersonal

I would count myself as a friend of Vaclav Havel.

Tom Stoppard

FriendMyselfCountWould

The Triple Crown, or any of that stuff, is not my focus. My focus is on winning. I just hope people can be happy with that.

Miguel Cabrera

HopeFocusHappyPeopleBe Happy

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

Miguel de Unamuno

FaithCreateSayMoreThanMartyrs

Sometimes people think I'm sort of a Machiavelli who is thinking, 'How can I disarm people? I know: I'll create a persona; I'll get some spectacles, and when I meet you, I'll say, 'How are you doing?' And I will be very unassuming and polite and never get angry.'

Louis Theroux

AngryPeopleThinkThinkingDoing

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