You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
Harold S. Geneen
Recitation: by Male by Female
You want to do good things, and once you've done a couple of good things in a row, you think 'Well gee, let's not mess this up.' But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.
Jerry Seinfeld
LoveGoodI AmGood ThingsThink
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.
John Berger
WallsBookVoiceStoryPlaceWill
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.
John Cleveland
MeTearsWavesKnowRunWill
Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives.
Andreas Schleicher
BetterSkillsDegreesJobsTranslate
On a single day, I read articles where I was described as being alternately 'lanky,' 'pudgy,' 'doughy,' 'balding,' 'utterly forgettable,' and 'constantly irritating.'
Stephen Tobolowsky
DaySingleWhereBeingIrritating
God is looking for clean hands and a pure heart.
Monica Johnson
GodHeartLookingHandsCleanPure
We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.
Chris Noth
FoodPeopleProblemsDeepProblem
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
TimeFeelSameEnemiesResentment
I literally pass out when I see blood.
Nina Dobrev
BloodSeeOutI SeePassLiterally
My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum!
Morena Baccarin
HappyMeMomCriticismThoughtShe
The best thing about art is that it is the one luxury in life that can be enjoyed by everyone. And it lasts forever.
Lynda Resnick
LifeArtBestLuxuryEveryoneLasts
I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion.
James Gray
WorkPassionStartStoryYouKnow
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