Thavma Livingston Quotes & Sayings

You must engrave deeply in your mind and never forget: your emotional commitment to what you are doing will be translated into your work.
If you go at your work with half a heart, it will show in the lackluster results and in the laggard way in which you reach the end.
If you are doing something primarily for money and without a real emotional commitment, it will translate into something that lacks a soul and that has no connection to you.
You may not see this, but you can be sure that the public will feel it and that they will receive your work in the same lackluster spirit it was created in.
If you are excited and obsessive in the hunt, it will show in the details. If your work comes from a place deep within, its authenticity will be communicated. — Robert Greene

Leadership is about moving people from where they are to where you hope they'll go. — Drew Gilpin Faust

Tell me why I shouldn't shoot you," Stefano murmured. Low, intimate, just between them.
"Fun ... would be over too fast? — Aleksandr Voinov

There are 2 motives for reading a book; 1. That you enjoy it, 2. that can boast about it on goodreads. — Bertrand Russell

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat. — Nicolas Sarkozy

Secrets. Need to disguise. The novel was born of this. — Anais Nin

Even in the dark, I see hints of a smile creep onto her face.
"Yeah. You are a smooth talker."
I give her a wounded frown."Sweetheart, would I ever lie to you?"
"Don't try. I'd see right through it." I give her a low laugh. "Fair enough. — Marie Lu

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it. — Jackie Chan

Life makes beggars out of those who have joyful hearts, taxing the living with hardship and tribulation, but the charity of companionship, the currency of shared and unmitigated love, alleviates all disconsolation. — Michelle Franklin

Advertising doesn't cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick fix, instant gratification, the dreamworld, and escape from all pain and boredom. All of this is part of what addicts believe and what we hope for when we reach for our particular substance ... Addiction begins with the hope that something "out there" can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. Advertising is all about this false hope. — Jean Kilbourne

The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are — John Perkins