Margaret Mahy Quotes

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.

Margaret Mahy

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I learned everything about business and about music and stuff from being a second engineer.

Jimmy Iovine

BusinessMusicEverythingStuff

Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

John Denver

GuitarPlayWriteJustSongsHenry

I'd rather win than be a showman.

John Higgins

WinRatherThan

One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They used to play golf together; their families got to know each other, go to dinner at each other's homes at weekends - and these would be people who were political adversaries.

Robert M. Gates

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How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people that I care about in my life, and that's where my values are and that's where my riches are.

Ann Romney

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The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

Rodney Dangerfield

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John David captured the 25-year-old essence of me very well. I'm proud to call him a Stallworth brother.

Ron Stallworth

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If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see.

Minoru Yamasaki

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Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

Chester W. Nimitz

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I often say to people that producing is the best-paid form of cowardice. When you produce things, you almost always get credit if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work.

Brian Eno

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I like debating policy. I never once attacked personally Secretary Clinton. I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally, I apologize for.

Anthony Scaramucci

MistakePeopleStupidNeverPolicy

After 'Student Of The Year,' when I played that baby-doll, diva character, I knew I would be stereotyped, and I wanted to break that image of me. I loved that role, but I don't want to be attached to one particular genre, so 'Highway' was a blessing in disguise.

Alia Bhatt

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