Nancy Horan Quotes

So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle.

Nancy Horan

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While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.

Jerry B. Jenkins

StarsSportsMeWritingBookDoors

But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something.

John Lone

MyselfWomanWaitingLookFeeling

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

John Scalzi

PeopleWritingShortToleranceFind

You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies.

John Tiffany

WorkI AmWinStartEnoughMadness

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person.

Amy Tan

MotherMyselfMePersonForgive

Love is a lot of magic and madness followed by marriage. These are the three M's for me. I think these three keep life intact. I am a very filmi person and would like the magic and the madness to remain in my marriage forever.

Sriti Jha

LifeLoveMarriageI AmLove IsMe

I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's because I've held it back for so long that it's made me a little bit of angst inside. It's kind of like this energy needs to come out. And there's a certain sense, you know, of freedom when I get on that stage.

Liv Warfield

FreedomMeEnergyThinkLongYou

I believe that music should really be without boundaries.

Dianne Reeves

MusicBelieveI BelieveBoundaries

You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable.

Chris Christie

StandGritYouDownNumbersKnow

In 1843, everybody was hungry, unemployed, and conditions were very bad.

Claire Tomalin

BadHungryUnemployedEverybodyVery

For a long time, I've ranted against naming your startup community 'Silicon Whatever.' Instead, I believe every startup community already has a name. The Boulder startup community is called Boulder. The L.A. startup community is called L.A. The Washington D.C. startup community is called Washington D.C.

Brad Feld

CommunityTimeBelieveNameLong

Charles Finney, the great 19th-century revivalist and evangelical, would have had a hard time preaching a revival in America today. Finney's brand of evangelical fervour, called the 'new measures,' emphasised saving souls and reviving worship by incorporating elements of personal testimony and music into church services.

Anthea Butler

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