Starting Quotes
1743 quotes by 1426 authors
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A professor was telling students about his colleagues class. Students in the other class had taken to tossing erasers at the clock. Each precise hit…
— Unknown Author
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The artist accepts the limitations of form, not with fear and dread, but as the starting point of creation.
— Laurence Boldt
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At each level of gratitude our soul's capacity deepens, starting with contentment to meaningfulness, and finally, to pure joy.
— M. J. Ryan
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That’s why people who seek out group flow often join startups or work for themselves. Serial entrepreneurs keep starting new business as much for the…
— Steven Kotler
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As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are…
— Jordin Sparks
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I'm definitely going to bounce back, I don't doubt that one bit. The thing about this is you have to expect that when you're a…
— Curtis Martin
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We had just played a sold-out show and it had been a fun night when we heard the news. It brought everything back to reality.…
— Unknown Author
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It started kind of slow, but we got back into it, bad as you might not want to. You've got to get some type of…
— Jonas Jennings
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We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the…
— Guy Laliberte
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But most of all I was inspired by the stirring examples of all the other runners. In some pictures they would seem like tiny dots…
— Unknown Author
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Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.
— Robert B. Parker
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I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start…
— George R. R. Martin
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This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of…
— Donald Cram
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You can be fun and sexy and still care about issues. I'm excited that people are starting to listen to what I have to say.…
— Kesha
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My dream was actually just to have a computer some day. If I'd imagined that it meant starting a company to sell them, I probably…
— Steve Wozniak
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I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing…
— Diane Lane
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Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize…
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness…
— Valerie Plame
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I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
— Andrew Motion
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The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval…
— Elaine Stritch
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