Walter Kirn Quotes

Here's how adaptation works - almost everything in the movie is in the book in some form. But it's as though the deck has been completely reshuffled and some of the cards have been assigned different values, some of the fours have been made into jacks, and some of the jacks have been made into twos.

Walter Kirn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

BookValuesCardsEverythingHere

I have met Jackie Chan about 6 times up 'til now... and even though many people think we are natural enemies, I personally think he is a cool bloke and would honestly love to work with him in a film one time - that would a well brilliant movie!

Jet Li

WorkLoveTimePeopleCoolThink

If you're confident, then you don't feel weird about showing your vulnerability and opening yourself up to learning from somebody else. Insecure people stay where they are because they're afraid of admitting their weaknesses.

Jen Sincero

LearningYourselfPeopleConfident

Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions.

John Ruskin

WorkLiveMenUnionsUpFoolish

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment.

Stella McCartney

MomentLosingMum

Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that we're downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis.

Rob Glaser

TrustPeopleRealityDoorsCustomer

When we imagine our Universe to be just one out of a multitude of possible worlds we devalue this world, the one we see, the one we should be trying to explain.

Roberto Unger

WorldUniverseTryingPossibleSee

There are still journalists who risk their lives in situations of conflict, versus those who sit behind a desk at 'News of the World' to report on whether someone is going out with somebody or not.

Romola Garai

ConflictWorldSomeoneDeskNews

As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'

Michael Strahan

ChangeStartRestYouAthleteClean

I never had goals to be in the top 10 or top five in the world. I just try to find the borders, find what level I can reach. I have a good team around me, so hopefully it's going to get even better.

Lukas Rosol

GoodGoalsMeTeamWorldBetter

I don't stress at all. When other people say, 'I'm having a bad day,' I ask, 'How can you have a bad day for the entire 24 hours, or even 12 or eight hours?' Something bad might happen, but that can't make the entire day bad.

Cloris Leachman

DayStressPeopleBad DayYouBad

All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

Chuck Close

DoneWithoutGridPaintings

Do I catch flak because I'm so much smarter than everyone else? I don't know.

Brett Hull

KnowEveryoneCatchBecauseSmarter

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Walter Kirn