Somewhere I put it this way: first drafts are for learning what one’s fiction wants him to say. Revision works with that… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, 'Only children can… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I would like to write my next book about what happened to critical intelligence in America and how it's been undermined by… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
We had no idea that this show [Daredevil] would be as popular as it was, but with the benefit of hindsight, one… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
Not enough books focus on how a culture responds to radically new ideas or discovery. Especially in the biography genre, they tend… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“If you don't have any good idea, you are likely to waste money if it's given to you! If you don't have… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I am just diving into life again. I just have nothing new to offer right now as an idea for a book.… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
I feel like my life is something purposeful. Many people have told me that after they listen to my talk, some point… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How could someone with a renowned ability to inspire, communicate complex ideas, and connect with voters find himself in this position? The… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
So that's one of the reasons why we took time between the last one and this one, was to make sure that… — Bryan Burk Copy Share Image
The weird thing is I feel like I'm shedding skin so fast and I'm growing and I'm becoming a new person so… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way,… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
Personalism's insistence that only personality-finite and infinite-is ultimately real strengthened me in two convictions: it gave me metaphysical and philosophical grounding for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But if you get a kick out of "The Jerry Springer Show," you're going to love it! The idea of hearing these… — Max von Essen Copy Share Image
This is the work of Nâma-Rupa - name and form. Everything that has form, everything that calls up an idea in your… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject-matter, surface,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to… — Fabiola Gianotti Copy Share Image
I am black,” she said, and a shudder rippled through me. “I am foul with a thousand years of demon curses. Don’t… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I… — Bjork Copy Share Image
I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
I love the idea of God, but it's not stylistically in keeping with the way I function. I would describe myself as… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper,… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
What made al Qaeda retrieve the doctrine of militant jihad, and Breivik the ideas of crusade and reconquest, is a sense of… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
The biggest influence on my writing, besides snagging some ideas about black humor, was that the paper mill had a program where… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
There are MAYBE 30 years worth of ideas out there... watch for the feature version of ER in about 25 years... Hollywood… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
The reason I play music is to touch people - for selfish reasons, as well. It feels good to make someone else… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
The UN may not be very effective but I am a fan of the idea of the United Nations. I have been… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas but also make the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
We have an idea - a very modern idea - that dying is undignified. But I think this is because we have… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Real change comes from finding and embracing and connecting and amplifying those that are inclined to like you and believe in you.… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us… — Bono Copy Share Image
My father's politics and ideas were, to me, unforgivable. He was a Jewish convert who became very anti-Semitic, and I didn't find… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing… — William A. Henry III Copy Share Image
I'm always open to somebody else having a better idea, but I feel like, if it feels real, then people aren't thinking… — Anne Fletcher Copy Share Image
Believing in an idea is dangerous! Because belief is absolute, and absolute, is unconditional, it is supreme, its ultimate and therefore fixed,… — Joshua Fernandez Copy Share Image
I'll be honest - I never saw myself making a ninja movie, never entertained the idea. I think ninja films can be… — Scott Adkins Copy Share Image
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