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Calvin Harris Quotes

From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.

Calvin Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: January 17, 1984

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Age Time Back Nothing Out Get

For my whole career, I've been a singer-slash-songwriter, even though I'm very thankfully known for my voice. Songwriting has always been a joy in my life, and to be recognized for it is extremely validating.

Jennifer Nettles

Life Joy Voice My Life Career Been

The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me.

Andrea Hirata

Friend Decision Space Me Building

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.

John Owen

Food Man Exercise Temptation Knife

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were nineteen.

Simone de Beauvoir

Life Man Yourself You Find Why

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.

Marvin Bower

Business People Profit Edge High

To the patient, any operation is momentous.

Joseph Murray

Patient Operation Any Momentous

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Dion Boucicault

Time Men Talk Quietly Them While

Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too.

Dolph Lundgren

Good Great Action Done Movies Actor

We'll continue to take the right actions to make sure we're a profitable business.

Dennis Muilenburg

Business Right Take Sure Profitable

Every morning, I make myself a cappuccino with a drawing in the foam. I post them to Instagram with the hashtag #christiecappuccino.

Christie Brinkley

Morning Myself Drawing Instagram

I've never come from a lot of money. Going to college in New York was already a financial struggle for both my family and me, so to drop out and immediately put my faith in my drag career was a huge risk to take.

Aquaria

Family Faith Money Struggle New York

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.

Susan Sarandon

Imagination Empathy Strong Think Two