A. S. Byatt Quotes

America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think editors should look after them, and make less effort to please people who don't actually like books.

A. S. Byatt

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I remember my girlfriend dropped me for the guy I thought was really cute.

John Cameron Mitchell

CuteMeThoughtRememberGirlfriend

My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

Jenny Eclair

I AmBrotherMeSisterPerfectWell

The secret of success is sincerity.

Jean Giraudoux

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I'm not a crazy Vegas guy. I'm not a gambler.

Steve Carell

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In the Sixties, there were no guidebooks to Asia, at least none that suited young shoestring travelers. No one on the hippie highway carried a copy of Fodor's 'Islamic Asia.' The route to spiritual enlightenment wasn't revealed in the pages of the latest Baedeker. Intrepids were on a journey of spontaneity and reinvention.

Rory MacLean

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I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'

Mike Wallace

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As coaches, we learn to accept criticism for our decisions. If a writer says you shouldn't have gone for it on fourth-and-one, we understand that's part of the job. We expect it.

Marv Levy

JobCriticismDecisionsLearnYou

What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.

Michael Scott

ChangeYouPersonTouchMatterMay

I always say, 'To have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!'

Jorge Paulo Lemann

EffortSmallDreamSayAlwaysBig

I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

Donald Ray Pollock

HappinessBestDayI AmNightGo

People have an idol they want to be like and try to follow what the idols did. But when you do, you find out you're not very successful and you're not very happy. You try to copy these models, and it doesn't yield successful results.

Clayton M. Christensen

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The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

Susan Rice

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