Margaret Atwood Quotes

If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof.

Margaret Atwood

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MomentWaitingYouRoutinePerfect

In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years. I was underused.

Jeff Conaway

DoingThreeSameYearsTaxiScene

I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.

John Sergeant Wise

TimePeopleCountrySoilFirst Time

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

John Stuart Mill

MenPoliticsFightSafetyBetter

Maybe it's because I'm a little naive, but I do like to think that there aren't really very many truly bad people in the world. I think that everybody has their reasons for what they do, and if you really look through their eyes, you could probably understand them.

Stephenie Meyer

EyesPeopleWorldThinkBad People

It's really about the work - if you are doing it for the right reasons - really to illuminate the human condition.

Sissy Spacek

WorkDoingYouHumanRightReasons

I admire companies that give back to communities. It is an absolute essential for organizations to watch, mitigate, and improve their impact on the environment, people, communities, their health and overall well-being. But this is a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition.

Shiv Nadar

HealthPeopleImpactEnvironment

One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat after 25 missions, or 35 missions, but other than that, you were in it. You were part of the great effort, until, oh boy, six months after it was over.

Tom Hanks

GreatWarEffortAmazingWorldYou

I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.

Rooney Mara

SchoolUpLittleWeekendsSuburbs

What a mother I am. I can't even make popcorn.

Mary Steenburgen

MotherI AmPopcornMakeEvenAm

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

Martin O'Malley

EducationChildStartStrongShould

You can't steal every scene. There are scenes in which you need to sit back and do a lot less, verbally, physically.

Luke Pasqualino

YouBackNeedSitStealScenes

My actual biggest claim to fame is that - basically, this sounds awful and really pretentious - but my Twitter is verified. And if you're already verified on Twitter, then your Vine is automatically verified.

Miles Heizer

YouFameVineClaimPretentious

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