James C. Collins Quotes

I am completely Socratic.

James C. Collins

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From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.

Andrea Hirata

ChildrenBuildingSpeedI CanRight

So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light.

Matthew Modine

BeautifulLightFaceCameraTopUp

In nature, disease-causing strains of avian influenza rarely spread far because the birds sicken and die before they can fly to spread it to others.

Michael Greger

NatureBirdsFlyDieOthersSpread

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.

Amber Tamblyn

ParentsMeFriendsArtistsLot

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

Tori Amos

LearningDailyThinkYouThingsHow

Success is ever so dangerous. Once you rise to success, it's so easy to stop doing the things that made you successful.

Robin S. Sharma

SuccessDoingEasyYouRiseStop

I'm a fan of films in general; I mean, I don't think I've ever considered myself specifically a horror fan even though I do enjoy horror films, find them really entertaining.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

MyselfThinkEnjoyFindHorrorMean

I think the Lower East Side inspires me. That whole neighborhood, a lot of the people that I worked with, seeing what we've gone through in life, being given an opportunity to understand who I am; my identity, my culture, and my roots.

Luis Guzman

LifeOpportunityCultureIdentityMe

Love is a friendship set to music.

Joseph Campbell

FriendshipLoveMusicLove IsSet

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

Douglas Coupland

DressWorldMoreAnythingCodeThan

We need a Donald Trump more than we've ever needed anybody since George Washington.

Bobby Knight

Donald TrumpWashingtonMoreNeed

What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.

Annie Besant

EducationStrengthBeautyHealth

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