Nicholson Baker Quotes

I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing.

Nicholson Baker

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LifeNewShyHardAwkwardWhole

I often do things that surprise me, not to mention others.

Jerry West

MeSurpriseOthersThingsMention

When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life.

John Drinkwater

LifePerfectPoetWordHeSelection

Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently.

Matt Damon

TodayDayWorldYouRulesYesterday

It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

Shirley MacLaine

LoveDrunkPersonOfficeUselessHe

My voice is not very dynamic.

Lou Barlow

VoiceDynamicVery

Of course I danced a lot when I was making 'Swingers.' The swing music scene was big in Hollywood, and I went to places like The Derby. And, after I wrote it and was trying to get it made, I would go every week so I'd be good at dancing.

Jon Favreau

GoodMusicWeekTryingGoSwing

I was just so sick. I thought that orange juice was going to make me fat.

Demi Lovato

MeSickThoughtFatOrangeJuice

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

Colin Powell

CompetitionEffortPeopleWinAbove

You don't set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don't.

Willie Robertson

LifeYouOffSetMediocreLeast

I can see it in even great actors' performances, when they're phoning it in.

Winona Ryder

GreatI CanSeeEven

The first of the four noble truths of Buddhism, that there is suffering in life, was enormously important to me. No one had ever said it out loud. That had been my experience, of course, but no one had ever talked about it. I didn't know what to do with all the fear and emotions within, and here was the Buddha saying this truth right out loud.

Sharon Salzberg

LifeFearTruthExperienceSuffering

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.'

Shailene Woodley

LifeFunnyTryingSeriousNever

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