Patti Smith Quotes

There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work.

Patti Smith

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WorkBeautifulGreatFavoriteDid

Ultimately, one of the best decisions I ever made was when I became a Buffalo Bill.

Jim Kelly

BestDecisionsBuffaloMadeEver

From 15 or 16, I always wanted to be an Olympic champion, but I don't think you ever believe it until it actually happens.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

ChampionBelieveThinkYouAlways

I grew up born and raised in Las Vegas and actually grew up skiing. You know, we've got some ski resorts close to Las Vegas, up in Mount Charleston or Brian Head, so I grew up skiing and snowboarding.

Amy Purdy

SkiingVegasYouBornKnowHead

I think that the friendship that women share is so powerful. In fact, there's nothing quite like it. People talk about mother-child bonds, but I would argue that female friendship bond is also in a league unto its own.

Amanda de Cadenet

FriendshipWomenPeopleBondThink

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Steven Brust

StruggleEndDefeatReasonAlways

I don't do storyboarding, ever; I'm not interested in that.

Steven Rodney McQueen

Not InterestedInterestedEver

I love to sing swing and shuffle stuff. Radio may not play it coast to coast, but I love playing them. Man, they fill the dance floor up. People who live the night life at these honky-tonks eat this stuff up.

Tracy Lawrence

LifeLoveLiveDanceManPeople

Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity.

Tom Perez

MoneyPeopleHelpWrongDoneRight

If I could eat whatever I wanted every day, I would have Domino's pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice. And at night, I would have Neapolitan ice cream until I felt absolutely toxic. And then I would drift off telling myself, 'It's going to be O.K... It's going to be O.K. you're going to train in the morning.'

Robert Downey, Jr.

MorningMyselfDayPizzaNightYou

I don't have any great first job tales: I've never worked on a tramp steamer or in a coal mine or anything like that. I think the inspiration for my writing came largely from my father and the joy that life in books represented to me.

Mary Gordon

LifeFatherGreatJobJoyMe

I definitely asked too many questions of my teachers and was probably a bit facetious at times.

Johnny Flynn

QuestionsTeachersManyTooTimes

Some of the people at Ripple I think are truly the smartest people I've ever worked with in my career, which makes it a lot of fun to go to work every day.

Brad Garlinghouse

WorkDayFunPeopleThinkRipple

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