Maria Bamford Quotes

I have trouble watching singers because they are so sincere.

Maria Bamford

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TroubleWatchingSincereBecause

Your subconscious mind is trying to help you all the time. That's why I keep a journal - not for chatter but for mostly the images that flow into the mind or little ideas. I keep a running journal, and I have all of my life, so it's like your gold mine when you start writing.

Jim Harrison

LifeTimeMindIdeasGoldStart

I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor doesn't make some earnest attempt to include their own honest humanity in their collaboration with an author. It's so ugly to me that it hurts sometimes to see it happen.

Jim Parrack

LifeLieUglyPeopleCollaboration

On a personal level, my mom is my biggest inspiration. She's always been an idol for me. I used to dream about growing up and being like her.

Andreja Pejic

MeMomGrowing UpDreamPersonalUp

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.

John N. Mitchell

MindImportantMoreContextSide

I would absolutely be interested in doing a Broadway production if it was the right project. But my dream is to be writing pieces of theater for my best friends and putting on plays in New York City and seeing our vision come alive. I just hope to always be creating.

Lucas Hedges

HopeVisionBestNew YorkCity

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Jorge Luis Borges

ArtConcreteAlwaysIndividual

I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs. It's such a different art form. Then all of a sudden you try it, and you think, 'Good God, these guys do work.' I used to be very cynical and very blase about it. I can only apologize.

Peter Hook

WorkGoodGodArtThinkYou

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

Sheryl Sandberg

GrowthPeopleImpactDoingYouLook

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

Shakira

MeSomeoneArtistPersonSongwriting

I was not developmentally disabled, but didn't mature at the same rate other kids did.

Tucker Max

MatureSameKidsOtherDidDisabled

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

Richard Armour

BeautyPeopleWorldDeepSkinOnly

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.

Lytton Strachey

AgeHistoryToo MuchKnowNever

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