Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.
Damien Hirst
Recitation: by Male by Female
All the uncontrollable and unpredictable parts of my life - from the actual creation to my emotional responses to the finished book - I've succeeded in banishing to the office. And I think I'm happier for it.
Jim Crace
LifeBookThinkMy LifeCreation
A people must have dignity and identity.
Andrew Goodman
IdentityPeopleDignityMust
People have always taken photos of themselves, either with camera timers or by handing their Nikons over to strangers in foreign countries and then paying large sums to get them back.
Meghan Daum
PeopleCameraStrangersBackOver
America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.
Matt Taibbi
PassionWorldAmericaRealAlways
There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.
Sonu Nigam
GoodLiveGodPeopleWorldBad
In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights.
Simon McBurney
TheatreLiarsCharlatans
Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V. There is no way of calculating how many lives he has saved. No advertising agency could have invented a better, or more effective, role model.
Michael Specter
AdvertisingBetterMagicRole Model
In a sense, I wrote the book about Jesus that I wanted to read.
Jay Parini
BookSenseReadWantedJesusAbout
There's mediocre jazz, mediocre salesmen, mediocre golfers. If you want to be good, you have to really hone your skills.
Jason Moran
GoodYouSkillsWantJazzYour
I never wanted to write 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Book of Mormon' - they're not my thing, I don't care about them. What I do is very different.
Jason Robert Brown
BookCareNeverWriteDifferent
When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.
Allan McNish
DanceMistakeYouEdgeWheelRace
When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.
Philippe Falardeau
YouWantFirstEveryoneFilmShow
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