Synched Wire Quotes & Sayings

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance. — Natalia Makarova

I never worried about money. I grew up in a middle-class family, so I never thought I would starve. And I learned at Atari that I could be an okay engineer, so I always knew I could get by. I was voluntarily poor when I was in college and India, and I lived a pretty simple life even when I was working. So I went from fairly poor, which was wonderful, because I didn't have to worry about money, to being incredibly rich, when I also didn't "have to worry about money.
I watched people at Apple who made a lot of money and felt they had to live differently. Some of them bought a Rolls-Royce and various houses, each with a house manager and then someone to manage the house managers. Their wives got plastic surgery and turned into these bizarre people. This was not how I wanted to live. It's crazy. I made a promise to myself that I'm not going to let this money ruin my life."
Excerpt From: Walter, Isaacson. "Steve Jobs." Simon & Schuster, 2011-10-23T21:00:00+00:00. iBooks. — Walter Isaacson

I didn't want to miss out on my education to model. I can't do just modeling. — Georgia Jagger

Often, one turns to jazz. — Andrew Miller

Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is. — Gish Jen

The genius of religions is that they structure the inner life. — Alain De Botton