Laura van den Berg Quotes

I think that one thing about teaching is you're trying to communicate your thoughts about a work to a group of people who may or may not share that sentiment. This has forced me to become a lot more articulate about what I respond to and what I don't respond to in fiction.

Laura van den Berg

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WorkPeopleMeThoughtsThinkYou

All experience helps when you write.

Jerome Lawrence

ExperienceYouWriteHelps

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

John McCarthy

GolfSameDifferentAboutCourses

Day to day, I like to be comfortable. I definitely wear too many jeans; I have so many at home. But I like the whole dress-up thing, too. It's nice to do a little bit of both.

Stella Maxwell

HomeDayNiceComfortableJeans

Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.

Steven Pinker

LifeMeaningGoodnessMoralityMoral

I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup.

Ron White

LifePeopleMeDoingTalkingPlan

I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind.

Ruth Buzzi

PowerMindInfluenceYoungStreet

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

Liz Smith

MistakesYouNothingLittleGreatest

I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand the value of it.

Jaylen Brown

ValuePeopleCoolThinkUnderstand

When a trout rises to a fly, it does not swim as much as tilt its fins and jet skyward.

Joseph Monninger

FlySwimJetMuchTiltDoes

I used to have hamburgers coming and going, especially when I was on the road. Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum. I am now opting for salads and just healthier lunches.

Aretha Franklin

LoveFoodI AmRoadYouFast

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason.

Ashley Montagu

NameHumanReasonBehaveOnlyAble

My dear, since Eve picked the apple no woman's ever been taken entirely unawares. When a woman's kissed it's because, deep down, she wants to be kissed.

Philip Dunne

WomanDeepAppleDownSheBeen

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