Maira Kalman Quotes

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

Maira Kalman

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WorkSmartYouProfoundNextRoom

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.

Jerome K. Jerome

AloneTogetherManUniverseLabor

I listen to a lot of old music, like Joni Mitchell and David Bowie.

Sophie McShera

MusicListenOldLikeDavid Bowie

I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job.

Tommy Lee Jones

LifeFamilyCharacterExperienceJob

Empowering women by allowing them to choose when and how many children to have is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do.

Mike Quigley

WomenChildrenSmartChooseRight

I own a horse and ride, but I don't know racing or betting.

Michael Mann

RideRacingHorseKnowOwnBetting

I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.

Julia Stiles

CouragePeopleI CanMeanUpCarry

I don't think it's fair to pinpoint Asia in terms of piracy. It's a worldwide problem. With 'The Expendables 3,' piracy extended everywhere, and over 10 percent of it was in the United States. So I don't want to put my hands over my eyes. It's a shame there is no DVD business in a lot of Asia, certainly China and India.

Jon Feltheimer

BusinessEyesThinkProblemHands

I'm really troubled by the prevalence of single-sport specializations. I want my kids to do as many things for as long as they can. Specialization is a natural thing that should come later - it shouldn't come for 8-year-olds.

Douglas Brunt

LongWantThingsNaturalComeKids

Brock Lesnar likes to get his rest time, you know what I'm saying?

Dean Ambrose

TimeSayingRestYouKnowGet

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

Colin Firth

DoingYouDreamWillTellSomething

I like to do a movie, to be on it 8, 10 weeks. It evolves as you're working on it. Little things come to you every day. It's a slow process, and when you have to pack it into a short period of time, which you do for television, the experience is not one that I cherish. So if it's going to be television, it's really got to be the right thing.

Bonnie Bedelia

TimeExperienceDayLittle Things

The haters always scream the loudest.

Tucker Max

HatersLoudestAlwaysScream

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