Isabel Allende Quotes

I write a letter to my mother every day, because in that letter, I write down my day. And if I don't write it down, then tomorrow I will forget it and it's gone.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

MotherDayTomorrowEvery DayDown

At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.

Jeremy Paxman

WorkAloneTimeArtPeopleYou

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

Jennifer Lopez

SonDaughterI AmToughI CanNow

Younger songwriters will ask me, 'What did you do?' And it's like, 'Well, I worked a day job, and I didn't stake anything. I didn't quit my day job. I didn't have any hopes at all. I just did the thing that I believed in, and I waited a long time.'

John Darnielle

TimeDayJobMeLongYou

I got invited to work on Dre's 'Compton' project.

Anderson Paak

WorkProjectGotInvitedDre

Camfed has worked for more than two decades in partnership with poor families, transforming this desire for girls' education into reality, and showing the measurable benefits of girls' education for all of us.

Ann Cotton

EducationRealityPartnershipDesire

When I give my jewelry as a present, I feel like I'm giving protection to someone I care about... I've given pieces to my mom, my aunts, my friends. I've even made bracelets for my dad and my uncle.

Sofia Boutella

MomJewelryCarePresentGiving

What I like to do with every film is to bring a form, like a cinematographic proposal. If you watch 'S21,' it's a form; 'Duch, Master of the Gates of Hell' is a different proposal.

Rithy Panh

HellYouMasterBringWatchFilm

I want to continue the sport of swimming. I'm not going to give up until I think it's reached where I want it to go.

Michael Phelps

SwimmingThinkGoWantUpGoing

Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.

Lorna Luft

LifeLoveFriendMy LifeGoneBeing

The networked world offers the promise that maybe the information technology industry will start to, for the first time in a decade or so, address CEO-level issues.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

TechnologyTimeWorldStartWill

I started taking all these cooking classes. I learned a lot in them, but you think you're going to retain it, and you don't. Under the pressure, it's hard to retain everything.

Judy Gold

CookingThinkPressureYouHard

I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I'm 26 now, and I'm still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.

Ricki-Lee Coulter

ConfidenceMyselfWomanI AmThink

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