Lawrence Osborne Quotes

I love the novel as a form, as an adventure of mind and soul. Really, I absolutely love writing them; they consume my days and nights - what can I say? But I am an avid film student, too: I watch a movie every night.

Lawrence Osborne

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LoveSoulAdventureI AmMindNight

I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living.

Jim Dine

YouSaidDoneLivingAcceptLittle

Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

John Guare

BusinessPromisesMoreShow Business

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Sophocles

GoodMenIgnoreHandsLostJudgment

Certainly, I am writing as a 21st-century woman, so I am much more inclined to view her as a three-dimensional woman. I think we keep coming up with this stubborn problem of a woman being judged by her appearance rather than her accomplishments. We are much more inclined to ask: was Cleopatra beautiful?

Stacy Schiff

BeautifulWomanI AmWritingThink

It's not always about convincing your parents of what you want to do, but just saying, 'This is what I'm doing; this is what I love.'

Stormzy

LoveParentsSayingDoingYouWant

You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.

Tommy Lasorda

TodayDayWake UpBetterYouUp

I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.

Tom Jones

SingingYouMy OwnChoirAlwaysOwn

I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.

Tom Lenk

DanceFakeFriendsSillyMustache

I'm a backup quarterback at the University of Dayton. I was a one-year starter in high school. I think I got the job in high school because our quarterback left and went to another school.

Jon Gruden

JobSchoolHigh SchoolThinkHigh

The drive toward Life is protective, thoughtful, vulnerable, and invested in immaculate love. It is this last that marks the difference between a wise heart muddy with real life experiences in the trenches and a dry heart that functions on rote concepts alone.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

LifeLoveHeartAloneWiseDrive

Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated.

Susan Howatch

StoryThinkImportantWantTell

Credentials are critical if you want to do something professional. If you want to become a doctor or lawyer or teacher or professor, there is a credentialing process. But there are a lot of other things where it's not clear they're that important.

Peter Thiel

TeacherDoctorLawyerProcessYou

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