Samuel Schmid Quotes

There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true.

Samuel Schmid

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IslandTrueLandNeverSwitzerland

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

John Ashbery

SadBecauseCannotPoemYoursWants

Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.

Jehane Noujaim

KindSpyBeingFilmmakerLike

There are no clear boundary lines between what is physiological, what is psychological, and what is spiritual. Those are language domains that make sense and have integrity but overlap significantly.

John Ortberg

IntegritySpiritualLanguageClear

I waged war against my feelings.

John James Audubon

WarFeelingsAgainstWaged

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.'

Sue Townsend

GodChildrenWaterFoodWomanPain

I love making books for children. Big kids, little kids, old kids and new.

Tony DiTerlizzi

LoveChildrenNewOldLittleBig

I keep my mind on track, and I don't get mad, and I don't get frustrated. Well, I do... but creative work, it's a way of controlling all that.

Ry Cooder

WorkCreativeMindMadWayWell

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

Cheryl James

InspirationalBestProudFeelLook

I didn't make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.

Anthony Joshua

DisciplineSchoolMeBoxingMost

The science-denial machinery is a serious adversary, and it has a big advantage over real science: it does not need to win its dispute with real science; it just needs to create a public illusion that there is a dispute.

Sheldon Whitehouse

ScienceWinIllusionCreateSerious

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Thomas Carlyle

SourceFaultsSummaryEgotism

I think PR people are caught in this mindset of 'control of the message.' There's a lot more freedom if you give up control. If you allow people to say things that are genuine and admit mistakes and get on.

Richard Edelman

FreedomMistakesPeopleControlYou

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