Virginia Postrel Quotes

Lofts were never supposed to be homes. They were vacant old factories and warehouses, taken over by artists looking for cheap space and good light.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

GoodLightSpaceLookingNeverOver

Anthony and I are putting together a company where we won't lose our jobs based on quarterly earnings and can afford to play a longer game. That short game is what creates a glut of mediocrity in the market because people are desperate for hits, and it puts so much pressure on executives to deliver them. We will take that pressure off the artists.

Joe Russo

TogetherPeopleGamePressureShort

I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.

Jim Brown

FootballSacrificePeopleWinning

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

Jodi Picoult

TimePeopleLuxuryWhoWriterBlock

You are victors, not victims!

Joel Osteen

YouVictimsVictors

I still can't manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade.

John Darnielle

PeopleMeJournalKeepBeenStill

When you're acting in a scene, you're focused on doing the scene. You can't break character and go, 'Oh my God, I love what you're doing!'

Melissa McBride

LoveGodCharacterDoingYouActing

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

Andie MacDowell

YourselfMomentsYouQuestionLike

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Roger Craig

FearFootballBetter PersonBetter

So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama.

Ruben Blades

EverythingPanamaKnewHappenedEver

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.

Rufus Wainwright

StormWritingEyeYouSayRight

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Michael Jordan

StrengthAttitudeMeThinkPushYou

Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people.

Little Simz

SuccessPeopleWantConnectWell

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