Barry Eisler Quotes

What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

Barry Eisler

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PeopleWorldThinkCareBadLiving

People have very difficult lives. We can judge them for making the wrong decisions, but if you look harder and understand that these lives can be difficult, hopefully you're at least a bit more sympathetic to the decisions these people have to make.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleDecisionsJudgeYouLook

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Robert Half

FailureLazinessPersonSecretOnly

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

Jean Piaget

BeginningNeverPsychologyGenetic

I know that some of the spiritual beliefs that I have are that if I come from a place of love, and I try to get out of my ego and my desire to want more and be selfish in any shape or form, then whatever I'm doing is not good.

Amber Valletta

LoveGoodSpiritualEgoSelfish

When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.

David Walliams

LightFoodYourselfYouComfortEat

We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for human rights in the world. Mistreating prisoners makes the world see our moral claims as hypocrisy.

Anthony Lewis

FightPeopleWorldHypocrisyMoral

What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.

Anouk Aimee

MeForwardFeelGoHappenAnything

For my career, I want to be able to do projects that have serious context to them or that make me grow as a person and an artist after the experience.

Ashton Sanders

ExperienceMeGrowArtistCareer

I feel at home in an orchestral score.

Placido Domingo

HomeFeelScoreI FeelOrchestral

Nothing is ever off the table at 'The Fosters' as long as it's based in reality.

Peter Paige

RealityLongTableNothingOffEver

When I hear about something allegedly happening in the world I always ask: 'Who is doing it?' Trends break out because they're based on real demographics, like there being fewer nuclear families or more people living alone. If 10 people in Shoreditch are doing it, it's a 10-minute fad.

Peter York

AlonePeopleWorldDoingLivingAsk

I could hardly believe that she really existed, that she wasn't a dream. There was something miraculous about Dorothy Stratten.

Peter Bogdanovich

BelieveDreamSheSomethingReally

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