Edward P. Jones Quotes

I never like to put myself in the stories; in 'Lost in the City,' there are fourteen stories, and there's only one, 'The First Day,' about a little girl going to school, that has anything to do with me.

Edward P. Jones

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GirlMyselfDaySchoolCityMe

Music inflames temperament.

Jim Morrison

MusicTemperament

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.

John le Carre

RelationshipThinkYouRealTension

In my father's generation, the product was 80 percent of what you were putting into the world, and your personal life was 20 percent. It now seems that 80 percent of the product I put out is silly, made-up stories and what I'm wearing.

Angelina Jolie

LifeFatherWorldGenerationYou

I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein's work, even when I was a physics major at one of the top universities in India.

Srikumar Rao

WorkTimePhysicsIndiaDifficult

When we look at what has the strongest statistical relationship to overall evaluation of your life, the first one is your career well-being, or the mission, purpose and meaning of what you're doing when you wake up each day.

Tom Rath

LifeRelationshipDayPurposeDoing

I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything.

Rupert Holmes

WantMoreEverythingFactMuch

People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I really like women a lot; I'm repulsed by men sexually.

Russell Brand

WomenMenPeopleMeYouGay

Sci-fi's great, but you don't have to hit people over the head with it when you're making a social comment. It just inherently exists within the fabric of the story.

Miguel Sapochnik

GreatPeopleStoryYouOverHead

He will have true glory who despises it.

Livy

GloryTrueWillWhoHeDespises

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

Joyce Meyer

GodHappyPeopleYouWillOthers

Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.

Jason Reynolds

WritingBetterExerciseYouMuscle

There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.

Johnny Vegas

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