Margaret Heffernan Quotes

Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and a cliche that makes us believe we must all be happy.

Margaret Heffernan

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HappyBe HappyBelieveBadGenuine

Like I always say, it's not how many great plays you make; it's how few bad ones you make. I know fans, and even some losing coaches, are enamored with long pass completions or the great run plays, but that doesn't offset the interception or the fumble.

Jimmy Johnson

GreatLosingLongYouBadRun

He'll come back to visit, but not to stay, not to live.

Joe Jackson

LiveBackStayComeHeVisit

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

Anchee Min

FamilyCommunityAmericanBecomeOwn

Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

Matthew Tobin Anderson

BookWeirdYouHouseDumbWhy

One of the things that's fun about TV is it grows, and you set goals and aim towards stuff, and one of the writers has an idea, and you say, 'Ooh, that's so much cooler. Let's do that instead.' It's so much more fluid and organic that way, and that's the most fun part about it.

Jed Whedon

GoalsFunYouSayAimWay

I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation. But 'Road' was the first time I'd read a play written in a very true Northern dialect that seemed to have that excitement running through it.

John Tiffany

WorkTimePeopleTheatreRoadBond

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

Tom Wopat

GoodMusicAmazingVoiceKindStill

Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.

Julia Stiles

MyselfIdeasLoseSometimesAbstract

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

Don McLean

I AmSingingWantWhyWillUp

And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something.

Dennis Muren

TrustWayMoreSomethingThanAlso

I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports always seems to be a metaphor for life. Always, always, always.

Dean Cain

LifeLoveSportsHappyI CanAlways

It is still breathtaking to me to watch people bring love, preciousness and kindness to their inner world, allowing the light of God to shine through their eyes so that the beauty of their soul can come forth.

Debbie Ford

LoveKindnessBeautyGodEyesLight

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