Linda Rodin Quotes & Sayings

...if we run toward our fears, they lose their power and ultimately disappear"

"I think this is one of the giant lessons in adapting to age without losing your mind: we must let go of what was and begin accepting what is"

"'fate loves the fearless.' There is no better time to be fearless than in your fifties; if you really put your mind and your energy into it, you can make amazing things happen. — Tracey Jackson

The only way to do something interesting is not care if you fail. — Charlie Kaufman

We have to look deeply at things in order to see. When a swimmer enjoys the clear water of the river, he or she should also be able to be the river. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Of this they drank half a pint every day, and sometimes more or less, as it operated, by way of gentle physic. Two others had each two oranges and one lemon given them every day. These they ate with greediness, at different times, upon an empty stomach. — James Lind

Hollywood is the kind of place that takes what you do well in one thing and manufactures it so the joy can be taken out of it. — Josh Gad

Why in the world would someone say, 'I can't afford it' or 'I can't do it' to something they want? Why would someone deny themselves the things they want? It makes no logical sense. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

A man who has bought a theory will fight a vigorous rearguard action against the facts. — Joseph Alsop

Independence is paramount and freedom holds a lot of new possibilities, if all the chances are given at the right time. — Auliq Ice

When most artists walk offstage, they go to a lonely hotel room. I went home to my family. They were there before the show, during and after. It's been great. I never would have done it any other way. I wasn't gonna miss raising my kids. There was no way that was gonna happen. — Gloria Estefan

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely. — Johnny Weissmuller

When you read a manuscript that has been damaged by water, fire, light or just the passing of the years, your eye needs to study not just the shape of the letters but other marks of production. The speed of the pen. The pressure of the hand on the page. Breaks and releases in the flow. You must relax. Think of nothing. Until you wake into a dream where you are at once a pen flying of vellum and the vellum itself with the touch of ink tickling your surface. Then you can read it. The intention of the writer, his thoughts, his hesitations, his longings and his meaning. You can read as clearly as if you were the very candlelight illuminating the page as the pen speeds over it. — Diane Setterfield

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees. — Abraham Lincoln

I had risked everything and gained everything, and here I was of the world and in it. — Maggie Stiefvater