Inga Muscio Quotes

Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.

Inga Muscio

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PowerChildrenWordsMeHurtWorth

Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge.

Jo Nesbo

WaterArchitectureHouseMuseumEdge

If you're a surfer, you just want to surf. You don't know if anyone's going to see you, and you don't really care if they see you. You just live for that feeling.

Jerry Seinfeld

LiveCareYouFeelingKnowWant

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

Andre Agassi

BabyThinkGeneticsGotJustSays

I think everybody should like everybody.

Andy Warhol

ThinkLikeEverybodyI ThinkShould

My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Sissy Spacek

LifeFallNapTakeAfternoonThrill

I love food, and I love drawing it, particularly.

Mini Grey

LoveFoodDrawingI Love

I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.

Jason Patric

MeSpeedWorthMoviesKindBoring

When I was in middle school, the librarian there was secretary for a couple of groups of professional writers. She introduced me to Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, and I became very friendly with them over a period of two years. Both of them were very generous with their time, guidance and advice.

Jonathan Maberry

TimeSchoolMeAdviceProfessional

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Don Marquis

FunnyArtProcrastinationYesterday

I don't like speaking publicly when I don't have to be funny.

Chelsea Handler

FunnySpeakingLikePublicly

Art work is inconclusive. It opens your mind up. At least, that's what I hope it does. And advertising, using exactly the same photograph, closes things down. It makes it conclusive. It sells a product, and that is its primary function.

Alison Jackson

WorkHopeArtMindAdvertisingDown

My thesis is that government is not, in fact, broken. It's just listening to the wrong people, and it's listening to all of this quiet influence. So it's a very robust operation that operates kind of under the surface.

Sheldon Whitehouse

BrokenGovernmentPeopleListening

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