Karen Blixen Quotes

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.

Karen Blixen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: April 17, 1885 - September 7, 1962

Topics

WorkGreatTimeDayImpossibleYou

It's great to make strong, powerful films, but in terms of people wanting to finance them, it's also very difficult.

John Hillcoat

GreatFinancePeopleStrongPowerful

I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at.

Sia

GoodFeelSongwritingLikeReally

I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.

Trevor Dunn

ThinkAdaptPersonalMoreConcepts

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.

Robin Trower

ThinkSeriouslyMailTakeFanYour

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Josh Billings

WisdomWheelLoudestGreaseGets

Meditation had never been tried before in a medical center, so we had no idea whether mainstream Americans would accept a clinic whose foundation was intensive training in meditative discipline.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

DisciplineTrainingMedicalAccept

Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.

Chris Klein

SportsSwimmingGoldThoughtAward

Totally different challenges, but being a dad and fighting both wear you out.

Chuck Liddell

ChallengesFightingYouOutWear

I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.

Arne Jacobsen

PhilosophySittingStudioFavourite

If it wasn't for my trainer - who comes looking for me three times a week before 7 A.M. - I wouldn't get my butt out of bed and into the gym. There are many mornings when I think about faking a sprained ankle, but I just put it out of my head and make myself go.

Sherri Shepherd

MyselfMeLookingThinkWeekGym

You create a proto-human being out of people that you've encountered in your life, and you start building up this person and start becoming this person.

Timothy Spall

LifePeopleBuildingStartYouOut

Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It's minuscule, few percent.

Noam Chomsky

WorldApprovalEvenPercentFew

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