Edmund White Quotes

There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students don't end up writing, what's good about them taking the courses is, they become great readers, learning to appreciate the writing.

Edmund White

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LearningGoodGreatPeopleWriting

A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say.

Andrew Hudgins

HumorWifeBookPriceSayHer

The only thing that I demand of the audience is that they listen to what I'm saying. Other than that, they owe me nothing. They don't owe me a thing.

Jeff Garlin

MeSayingNothingListenAudience

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.

Michael Ironside

ArtCollegePaintingDieCreateGot

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.

Sidney Crosby

ThinkYouNervousHumanGet

Listen, I'm 41 years old. I've got two kids. I've got a career. The last thing I need to be doing is having a beef with A Tribe Called Quest. It's silly and it was unnecessary. It ain't the first time that a director hasn't seen eye to eye with a subject and it ain't going to be the last time.

Michael Rapaport

TimeEyeDoingSillyCareerNeed

It's still word of mouth that is going to make or break a show, and while critics can't help a show, they can hurt it.

Mitch Leigh

HurtHelpMouthCriticsBreakGoing

I never expected to compete at home in a UCI women's race - let alone as world champion.

Lizzie Armitstead

HomeWomenAloneWorldChampion

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

Jay Weatherill

GoodConfidenceBelieveHideWant

I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

Jason Ritter

ResponsibilityStartThinkWantNeed

When there's an accident, we all have to slow down and watch the accident. We all have to be a little voyeuristic. I mean, look at the world we live in now, with all these 'Big Brother' shows. We're all a bunch of voyeuristic people.

Donny Osmond

LiveBrotherPeopleWorldSlowLook

I don't do nudes. I don't do semi-nudes. I don't do cigarette shots. It took me a long time in the business to realize I didn't have to do everything people told me I should if I wanted a career.

Coco Rocha

BusinessTimePeopleMeLongCareer

Your life moves in patterns toward things, and things that we achieve finally are part of this mosaic. I just think that we create our own fate.

Arne Glimcher

LifeThinkFateCreateAchieveOwn

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