Frank Moore Colby Quotes

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.

Frank Moore Colby

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Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes.

Jeremy Lin

CollegeStereotypesOutComingGoing

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.

John Bright

WarAmericanYouCottonYearsTrade

I was taught in Bible college, religion and politics don't mix.

Jerry Falwell

PoliticsReligionCollegeBibleMix

I really don't storyboard unless it's an action sequence of some kind, but I plan carefully.

John Lee Hancock

ActionPlanKindSomeStoryboard

Frank Morley, who had worked in London at Faber and Faber, was the new head of Harcourt Brace, and he hired me to start in 1940. The early years at Harcourt were wonderful. Almost my first assignment was Virginia Woolf's novel 'Between the Acts.'

Robert Giroux

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When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there was a pigeon. Now I can face off with a pigeon.

John Searles

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I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on some level, hold on to it with both hands and don't ever let it go.

Steven Van Zandt

HandsYouPerfectGoNeverBand

Mistakes and pressure are inevitable; the secret to getting past them is to stay calm.

Travis Bradberry

MistakesPastCalmPressureSecret

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

Tom T. Hall

TimeFirst TimeFirstWorkingIdea

I think that my passion for writing fantasy began at about the same time as my passion for reading fantasy.

Robin Hobb

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I felt like that was my calling. I just didn't know how I was going to get my voice out of Edmonton, but I definitely knew that music was what I was going to do with my life.

Ruth B

LifeMusicVoiceMy LifeKnowOut

Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time that you feel grateful for what they've done, you don't feel possessive about it in any way.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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