I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Ronda's a very basic and straightforward fighter. However, she's a masterful competitor. — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo. — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
“Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I think guys are afraid of being too straightforward, so sometimes being coy gets you nowhere. — Holly Carpenter Copy Share Image
I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq.… — Ken Lucas Copy Share Image
-You're simple, straightforward and honest, a little bit on the primitive side, I should think. To interest you a woman would have… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be straightforward, like I always try to be, I know guys are going to come back at me… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The unconscious mind is decidedly simple, unaffected, straightforward and honest. It hasn't got all of this facade, this veneer of what we… — Milton H. Erickson Copy Share Image
She's straightforward and quite direct and leaves no stone unturned. We believe in her - Sarina's very good and what we needed.… — Alex Greenwood Copy Share Image
And I found Jesus very disturbing, very straightforward. He wasn't diplomatic, and yet I felt like if I met Him, He would… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Most people...are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can't handle it. What we should be teaching is operational… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I started to write in about 1950; I was thirty-five at the time; there didn't seem to be any strong motivation. I… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think I was on this very straightforward escalator - grammar school, high school, college, get a job on Wall Street, kind… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
Gel'fand amazed me by talking of mathematics as though it were poetry. He once said about a long paper bristling with formulas… — Dusa McDuff Copy Share Image
In my own writing, I've mostly abandoned end-rhyme, but wordplay is still a huge part of my process. I've written a series… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It is irrational to charge high prices for socially valuable innovations as this guarantees that they will be underutilized. It is much… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Much of the Constitution is remarkably simple and straightforward - certainly as compared to the convoluted reasoning of judges and law professors… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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