Maira Kalman Quotes

I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.'

Maira Kalman

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BeginningEndStandYouKnowMiddle

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

Joe Paterno

ConfidenceHabitLosingYouLose

We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.

Michael Bennet

WorkEducationTaxDebtEconomyGot

When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted to have a future in the performing arts. I had no idea that it was going to be acting in movies.

Tom Holland

FutureActingMoviesAlwaysArts

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

Tom Colicchio

ExperienceMeChefKitchenPersonal

Trying to convince Warner Bros. to make a $30 million 'Veronica Mars' movie just wasn't going to happen, for understandable reasons.

Rob Thomas

TryingMarsHappenConvinceGoing

My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times - is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.

Ruth Rendell

LoveGoodBookFindSoldierHer

If you choose not to pursue your dreams, you'll still be a part of a dream - only it will be someone else's.

Mike Hawkins

DreamsYour DreamsSomeoneChoose

Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it.

Michael Merzenich

WorkDayProgressBrainDieBorn

I think Syria is now the training ground for the world... These rebel forces are more of a threat than anything.

Michael McCaul

TrainingWorldThinkRebelNowMore

At 11, I went to live with my maternal nan and granddad temporarily, after my parents separated, and Nan would let me have a go on her piano. My grandparents were like something out of the Noel Coward play, 'This Happy Breed,' and it was magical to hear them sing music-hall songs.

Jools Holland

LiveHappyParentsMePlayGo

People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible.

Diablo Cody

NaturePeopleHuman NatureNowWant

All of us '60s pop stars came from old cities which had a jazz club, a folk club, a coffee house, and an art school.

Donovan

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