Taryn Manning Quotes

I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying.

Taryn Manning

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WordsBrotherMomTryingYouBorn

When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

Joan Halifax

MeSaidFirstPragmaticPractical

The books on my nightstand are so bizarre, very eclectic - like, every German author, and then I have a couple of books by this ex-boyfriend of mine there. I just want to make sure that he's not too much better than I am!

Jenny Mollen

I AmBetterToo MuchWantMineSure

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

John McTiernan

MeActionMoviesDidBeforeAround

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

Ann Richards

MotherLiveMyselfBestExpectations

I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.

Andy Warhol

HomeNightStartGoRumorsDogs

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

Michael Chabon

WorkLoveRoadRevolutionaryNovel

The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war.

Simon Newcomb

GrowthScienceTimeWarDirection

I look at everything in an artistic way.

Tony Curtis

LookWayEverythingArtistic

Certain elements may try to stretch this beyond what it is.

Ron Ziegler

BeyondTryStretchMayElements

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

Russell M. Nelson

GrowthFreedomSpiritualWiseNow

The 21st century is a really terrible time to be a control freak.

Jared Cohen

TimeControlFreakTerribleCentury

Since I play piano, I can play the right hand on the accordion, no problemo. It's the left hand with the buttons that makes me crazy.

Donna Lynne Champlin

MeCrazyI CanPlayHandRight

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