J. Irwin Miller Quotes

The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.

J. Irwin Miller

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MoneyMannersComfortablePersonal

I think I'm right-brained, incapable of managing my way out of a brown paper bag.

Jeremy Grantham

ThinkBagWayOutPaperBrown

If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.

Jeremy Irvine

HorseYouPowerfulAnimalsWantHim

I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books.

Jennifer Weiner

DaughterAngryWriteOutLittle

The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island.

John Millington Synge

GriefWomanDeathIslandPersonal

In 1989, I had a fellowship to teach for Yale in China for two years. I came back from California to New Haven to spend the summer learning Chinese, but because of Tiananmen Square, Yale cancelled the program.

Amor Towles

LearningBackSummerNewCalifornia

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

Sophia Bush

WorkShoesHappyBe HappyRestOwn

People in the U.S. didn't know what taekwondo was. But they saw what the Lopezes were able to do with all the love and support and hard work we put in, and what we accomplished. It makes me feel real lucky to be in a position like that.

Steven Lopez

WorkHard WorkLoveSupportPeople

I've always liked food, and I've always been interested in cooking and stuff like that.

Luke Pasqualino

FoodCookingAlwaysBeenLikeStuff

I investigate more directly. I tend to ask a lot of questions and don't feel satisfied until I have the answer.

Lisa Lutz

FeelQuestionsMoreAskSatisfied

In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake.

Josiah Strong

ChangeGreatSocietyEarthEurope

In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes.

Jason Biggs

CharacterAmericanYouPieAudience

I love the fan support, though, because it all comes from passion.

Josh Hutcherson

LovePassionSupportBecauseFan

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