Gail Sheehy Quotes

We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.

Gail Sheehy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1937

Topics

AppreciationCaringSharingOthers

The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create.

Sonia Rykiel

LifeMeWorldLovedTraveledCreate

In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.

Tom Colicchio

FoodWalkNew YorkSomeoneDownNew

Left Eye is a a rare gem.

Missy Elliott

EyeRareGemLeft

The great jazz radio stations have a duty to continue evolving their format just as audiences ask the musicians to evolve. How do you do that with a form of music that has 100 years of recorded history? How do you also keep it contemporary so you don't isolate your listeners? These are major questions.

Jason Moran

MusicHistoryGreatMusiciansYou

I'm not a person that just supports an issue; I go out and work for it.

Dick Mountjoy

WorkPersonGoOutJustIssue

I believe we are built to have thriving personal lives, and I think we're built to have thriving professional lives. Where the error occurs is when one becomes secondary to the other.

Chip Gaines

BelieveThinkProfessionalPersonal

I wouldn't buy a book simply because I like the cover. I would pick it up. The jacket can call your attention to it. But in that sense, Oprah Winfrey is worth all the jackets in the world. A jacket is basically trying to do what she does all on her own.

Chip Kidd

WorldBookTryingWorthAttention

Chicago's where I started my career. I've had a lot of success playing here.

Scottie Pippen

SuccessCareerChicagoPlayingHere

If you play the same club every week of every month, it's kind of boring. It's great that you can play one night in Brazil and one night in Japan, one night in Europe, and see the world. It's amazing what you see if you travel around the world.

Tiesto

GreatTravelAmazingWorldNight

I don't typically pay attention to most things in life, let alone award season. Not because I think it's silly. I just don't typically get caught up in it.

Thomas Middleditch

LifeAloneThinkAwardAttentionUp

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

Juliana Hatfield

LifeMusicMyselfConfusedMy Life

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

James Russell Lowell

CreatingGrassHardOakBeginOnly

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