Patty Smyth Quotes

Being a mom was a full-time job. I was never willing to sacrifice everything for my career.

Patty Smyth

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JobSacrificeMomCareerNever

I'm not that well-versed in literary theory - I don't know what it is.

Jim Crace

KnowTheoryLiterary

Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles.

Jet Li

TimeActionLongLong TimeNeed

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

Joel Kinnaman

MomSpeakEnglishQuiteSwedishDad

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

LegalArgumentNewAlwaysRelease

Something can happen in your life, and you might want and need something different from your spouse. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out.

John Travolta

LifeMomentPeopleStartBetterYou

I live in places where, although I don't take public stands, I'm surrounded by liberals, and I've spent a lot of time in this country talking to people who have very different views than the people I live around and trying to see kind of what's in common beneath those conversations.

Anand Giridharadas

LiveTimePeopleTalkingTryingSee

Great entrepreneurial DNA is comprised of leadership, technological vision, frugality, and the desire to succeed.

Steve Blank

LeadershipVisionGreatSucceedDNA

The creators of Wonder Woman had no interest in proving an actual link to the past. In some parts of the academic world, however, the historical existence of the Amazons, or any matriarchal society, has long been a raging issue.

Amanda Foreman

WomanPastWorldSocietyLong

I don't know what he meant by 'they're after me.' And then I said, 'You know, Bobby, I'm here for you. If you need any help, give me a call.' And then he did call me about a week later, and wanted to know if I had a good attorney.

Tommy Bond

GoodMeHelpWeekYouKnow

Everyone's going to like something that's different.

Logic

EveryoneSomethingGoingDifferent

I think the oldest comic I got when I was a kid was an issue of 'World's Finest' - it had a Neal Adams cover with Batman where he had turned into a bat, and he was attacking Superman.

Jason Aaron

WorldThinkSupermanKidWhereGot

I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen.

Chauncey Billups

DesireCitizenPoliticianConscious

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