A9e8230 Quotes & Sayings

Not very many companies go through Hawaii on their way to anywhere. San Francisco Ballet was the only company I remember, and Bolshoi, coming through Hawaii when I was younger. — Joan Chen

I didn't know enough as a writer to understand why I needed to do this, but I understood in a very gut way that I could not entertain those thoughts of pleasing people and write this book - that it would be a very different book. Without really sort of investigating that instinct, which I'm glad for, I just made a conscious decision to put blinders on and not think about anything and put it all in. And I did. I put everything in. I had to look at the whole picture to see what I needed. — Melissa Febos

We lost because we told ourselves we lost. — Leo Tolstoy

If there's one thing I could attribute my strength to, I would say it's the gift of laughter, which I inherited from my mother's side. — China Machado

Great writing is always rewriting or revisionism, and is founded on a reading that clears space for the self. — Harold Bloom

Sometimes the righteous path doesn't take you where you need to go! — Shawn Wickersheim

O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity. — Saint Basil

I have trust that we humans can resolve the problems that we have created. There is a Sanskrit saying that I subscribe to and I like very much, that "God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in the animals, and thinks in Man." — Edgar Mitchell

When it was announced that Michael Keaton was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When they announced that Val Kilmer was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When it was announced that George Clooney was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When it was announced that Christian Bale was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. And everyone was mad about Ben Affleck. So every single incarnation, people are going to be mad; you just can't do anything about it. — Baron Vaughn

The key metric of whether you've succeeded is what fraction of your employees use that dashboard everyday. — Keith Rabois

Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer. — Rachel Ward

Every time you start a new job, you're starting from the beginning again and it's terrifying. And you feel like you're going to be fired and told to go home and never to darken the doors of these people ever again. — Emily Mortimer