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Gary Wolf Quotes

Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.

Gary Wolf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american

Topics

Skills Hand Being Must Able Means

There's something that's really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think.

Jim Gaffigan

Funny Challenge Fun Think Something

I have had more honors than I've deserved and more rewards than I expected. It can be tempting just to say, 'Well, I'm going to retire.' But what would I do then? Sit in a chair and watch TV? Don't let fulfillment throw away your tomorrow.

Robert H. Schuller

Tomorrow Chair Say More Retire Sit

In Belgrade, everything is possible.

Ana Ivanovic

Possible Everything

Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition.

Stephen Kinzer

God Genius Tradition Islam Saw He

I have my own experience in Indonesia, of course. Sometimes in these transition situations, the new governments are still clumsy and awkward in responding to this new environment in which they operate. The only thing in their DNA is the old regime.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Experience Environment New Sometimes

Certain roles for older women are aimed at certain older actresses - I'm not one of those. I've been offered any number of Puerto Rican grandmas that I've turned down.

Rita Moreno

Women Down Older Women Been Rican

I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.

Julia Ormond

People Me Truck Theatre Feel You

As long as I'm taking care of my family and breaking records and continuing to excel and continuing to find new endorsements - everything's working.

Jon Jones

Family Care Long Find New Excel

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

Diane Keaton

Experience Child Me Motherhood Think

Some people have a phobia of midgets. They're, like, scared of them. I have the opposite - I see them, and I want to hold them down, cuddle them, be like, 'Come here, you little nugget. Who's your mommy now?' So cute!

Chelsea Handler

Cute People You Down Now Want

I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

Brian Wilson

Happy Person Happy Person

I was always in trouble at school for what I was wearing; I was never made a prefect because of the way I used to dress - I ripped my tights, my skirts were too short, all sorts of things.

Alice Temperley

School Dress Short Trouble Way Used