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Helen Hayes Quotes

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

Helen Hayes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: October 10, 1900 - March 17, 1993

Topics

Climb Accomplishment Slow Problem

Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas.

Jim Rash

Technology People Random Small Way

If I was president, of course I'd want an amendment banning boy bands, but it just wouldn't be right, and I wouldn't do it. Then again... I don't want to paint myself into a corner on this one. Let me think about it.

Jessi Klein

Myself Me Think Want Boy Right

Day to day, I love eating soup and salad; lots of stews, fish, chicken, meat and veg. I eat everything, and I don't have any fads.

Jerry Hall

Love Day Eating Soup Fish Salad

But I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so I'm gonna spend a little time at each one of those places and you'll probably hear some more songs out of me.

Mel Tillis

Time City Me Ideas Farm You

I don't answer the phone or do my email; I don't do anything until I've got the day's writing done. I have a word count for every day: 500 for fiction, 1,000 for non-fiction, and journalism is 1,500. That's a level I can sustain.

John Lanchester

Day Writing Every Day Phone I Can

There's a lot of expectation after you do something that seems to have been well received. It's kind of unfair.

Angel Olsen

You Kind Expectation Unfair Well

People have times when they want to go through different looks.

Amar'e Stoudemire

People Looks Go Want Through Times

However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a social contract between citizens and governments sharply into political thinking, paving the way for popular democracy and constitutional republicanism.

Simon Mainwaring

Great Democracy Thinking Political

Sitcom hours are silly easy compared to drama. Whenever an actor on a sitcom complains, I feel like smacking them!

Tricia Helfer

Feel Silly Easy Drama Actor Hours

I have been able to travel all over the country and see many places that I probably never would have visited. I have also participated in many charity events for worthy causes.

Rob Mariano

Travel Charity Country Places Never

We believe that economics does not necessarily have to be a zero-sum game; it can be a win-win proposition for everyone involved so long as they have the tools in which to succeed.

Ron Kind

Economics Succeed Game Believe Tools

My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences.

Lorna Luft

Mother Power She Over Extraordinary