I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
Viggo Mortensen
Recitation: by Male by Female
When it comes to heartbreaks and disappointments, I often have to be more or less done with them to be able to write about them. Then you might ask why I would write about them at all, but I think I owe it to the Jens of the past.
Jens Lekman
PastThinkYouDoneWhyWrite
The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the ironing or sorting out the children. My mind goes into free-float mode; some of the best ideas for plots come into my head while I'm ploughing up and down the pool.
Sophie Hannah
ChildrenBestMindIdeasSwimming
It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they have just discovered to people who may not already have it - an elderly grandmother, for instance.
Sugata Mitra
ChildrenPeoplePresentBetterWay
Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.
Rosalind Russell
ActingNakedUpStandingSlowly
None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.
Mary Astell
NatureGodFlyOwnInsectNone
Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.
Luis Gutierrez
HopeImmigrationCreateLaborNation
New policy tools, which helped the Federal Reserve respond to the financial crisis and Great Recession, are likely to remain useful in dealing with future downturns.
Janet Yellen
FutureGreatFinancialToolsNew
I don't have to prove myself to anyone. People know what I'm capable of. I've spent a long time in this game.
Jose Reyes
TimeMyselfPeopleGameLongKnow
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
Jonathan Lethem
WritingKindSummitEnglish
A small pepperoni pizza on a tortilla is healthier than salmon teriyaki with rice and carrots.
Jorge Cruise
PizzaSmallRiceSalmonCarrots
Unfortunately, the spouses of performers have a terrible, terrible life. They get shunted aside, pushed aside, ignored.
Dick Van Dyke
LifeGetTerribleUnfortunately
My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.
Donald McKay
LifeWayFirstYearsGotComplete
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