Nancy Pickard Quotes

I'm a Midwestern girl, born and bred. It's harder for some of us to write about things closer to home. It's not so much a fear of telling the truth but wanting to do it justice.

Nancy Pickard

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FearHomeGirlTruthJusticeBorn

After six successful Apollo flights, including two lunar landings, people were getting bored.

Jim Lovell

PeopleTwoBoredSuccessfulApollo

The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of the sort. But the record that got me was a record by Derek Sampson, who was a young guy, called 'Boogie Express,' and it was boogie-woogie. Really, it was on fire, and that got me.

Jerry Leiber

FireMemoryMeYoungFirstRadio

I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me.

Jenny Holzer

SleepTeaMeNightThinkingBack

Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.

John Fletcher

ExperienceWeekYouFindGoWill

Winning starts with beginning.

Robert H. Schuller

BeginningWinningStarts

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series.

Roger Clemens

TimeMeWorldDifferentThanToe

The only difference between men and women in science is that the women have the babies. This makes it more difficult for women in science but should not be seen as a barrier, for it is merely another challenge to be overcome.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

WomenScienceChallengeMenOvercome

I think of fiction as the highest calling. I'm kind of addicted to it. It's the thing that has gotten me through all the hard points in my life.

Ruth Reichl

LifeMeThinkMy LifeKindHard

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

Loretta Lynn

AnymoreRefusePushedAround

I would like to think that monogamy works: that once you make that vow, that decision in your life to stay committed, you actually get to keep that promise; you get to keep that commitment. I think that once you start to lose that, once you start to wonder, even emotionally - especially emotionally - your relationship is bound to get lost.

Jonathan Silverman

LifeRelationshipDecisionCommitment

I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something the president has said that we need to, as the economy recovers, have a plan in place for getting it down.

Christina Romer

LookingRoadThinkPlanDownPlace

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

Bryan Greenberg

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