Edmund White Quotes

If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.

Edmund White

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Early on, I didn't intend to have children. I thought it was too difficult a world for them. But then it happened, and I am thrilled to have them now.

John Hurt

ChildrenI AmWorldThoughtEarly

Only great people can make great products.

Ruchi Sanghvi

GreatPeopleGreat PeopleProducts

I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.

Michael Tippett

MusicOutsideInterestMade

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

Mitt Romney

ChangeBusinessInnovationYouGo

Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WaitingProcessLongDullMovieLot

This is a unique legal loophole in the U.S.: If a non-native comes on a reservation and commits any crime, the non-native should be prosecuted by a federal court. Tribal law can arrest and hold someone for a year, but tribal law cannot prosecute non-natives. So since the federal courts are so overloaded, some of the cases get tossed out.

Jason Momoa

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Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Joseph Campbell

WisdomYourselfSpaceYouFindYour

I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.

Demetri Martin

MorningFoodBreakfastBelieveEat

I love to play with textures and colors. I mix them together like I would in a painting.

Chloe Gosselin

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We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up.

Bob Weir

MusicChallengeLightsNewOverSee

This level of competition is extremely high. Everybody is trained. Everybody has a game plan. Everybody has a nutritionist. Everybody has everything. It's here that you realize, as people, we're all equal.

Alistair Overeem

CompetitionPeopleGamePlanYou

As a writer, you're always trying to say the best thing. You're always thinking about what's the best thing to say, and what's the hardest way to say it, and what's the best line? Sometimes the best line is the simplest line. Sometimes the best line is the line that evokes more feeling than actual wordsmithing.

Pusha T

BestThinkingTryingYouSometimes

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