Benjamin Percy Quotes

I can write ten or twelve screenplays in the time it takes me to write one novel. This allows me to offload all of my stories. But it's also not as creatively fulfilling.

Benjamin Percy

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TimeMeI CanWriteTenStories

I am a very honest person, and I can only say there are moments in my life where I really did think I was being me in the sense of my morals and beliefs and the way I acted. But when I look back at certain things that I wore and my hair and make-up, I was like, 'Whoa! That wasn't me!' But I didn't know it back then.

Jessie J

LifeI AmMeHairThinkMy Life

I think that music, being an expression of the human heart, or of the human being itself, does express just what is happening - the whole of human experience at the particular time that it is being expressed.

John Coltrane

MusicHeartTimeExperienceThink

It's hard to be a minority. People look at you a different way, like you don't belong, and I don't think many people realize just how difficult it is to live as a minority. Where I come from, we learn to tolerate one another. Whether one is of Chinese descent or Malay descent, what matters is we're part of the same country, the same world.

Andrea Hirata

LivePeopleWorldThinkLearnLook

When I was about seven, I remember spending a lot of time in my parents' wardrobe trying on their bespoke suits.

Stella McCartney

TimeParentsSuitsRememberTrying

I'm very interested in language because it reflects our obsessions and ways of conceptualising the world.

Steven Pinker

WorldLanguageBecauseInterested

I wanted to write a book specifically aimed toward young people. I wanted to write a book that anybody can read and enjoy, but I did want to aim it at young people and, even more specifically, urban young people.

Trip Lee

PeopleBookEnjoyYoungWantAim

We tend to think of age only in time, but I don't think it has much to do with time at all; there's a whole load of other things. I've met 16-year-olds who are old and 90-year-olds who are young.

Roger Daltrey

AgeTimeThinkYoungOldThings

So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians.

Rodney Crowell

CollaborationMusiciansInspiration

One of the nice things about being busy is it makes you focus on what's important to you and how you use your time.

Lorne Michaels

TimeFocusBusyYouImportantNice

I've always felt very confident in my ability.

Jason Day

ConfidentAlwaysAbilityFeltVery

I sleep with castor oil and clingfilm wrapped around my stomach. It's amazingly slimming because it detoxes your system. I also regularly cleanse my liver.

Davinia Taylor

SleepOilSystemStomachLiverYour

You guys are the best. I'll see you in a couple of hours. I haven't seen another human being in 13 hours and I'm running out of bottles for my urine. Later guys!

Chris Kattan

BestYouHumanSeeOutHuman Being

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