Lee Smith Quotes

I had always dreamed of living in Chapel Hill. When I was a college student at Hollins University in Virginia, I came down to Chapel Hill for summer school and just loved it.

Lee Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 1, 1944

Topics

SchoolCollegeLovedDownLiving

Some people like to purge out a draft and just let it go and then go back and fix it, but I'm a writer-rewriter. I can't move on until I feel like it's presentable.

Jim Rash

PeopleFeelBackGoMove OnFix

I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing.

Jewel

ParentsBabyWritingPlaceWrite

I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

Anatoly Karpov

ChildrenI AmHappySmallYouGroup

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

John Malkovich

DesignYouBuildingsBuildMean

That's when it becomes a business. When you've been public a long time, when it's a career. You do certain films, you sell them.

Angelina Jolie

BusinessTimeLongYouCareerSell

It's still possible to make movies. Not so much on YouTube. On YouTube, you wind up with an advertising career. What movie became infamous and a hit because of YouTube? Maybe there is one. I don't know.

John Waters

WindAdvertisingYouCareerPossible

All you need to do is to get clients in the hotel door; then they hand you their wallets for five days.

John Pritzker

DoorHotelYouClientsHandNeed

Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher.

Steven Rattner

BusinessMoneyWinningToughChance

I think it is over-rated. Whenever I go to an Italian restaurant, I never get the tiramisu.

Rob Reiner

ThinkRestaurantGoNeverGet

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

Romano Prodi

RevolutionThinkWillTaxesPayGet

U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.

Miroslav Lajcak

LeadershipBalanceEmployeesGender

Very few things in life are more fulfilling than being part of a team and knowing you're a part of something bigger than your own self-interest.

Jason Kander

LifeTeamYouMoreKnowingOwn

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