Quotes about american-author
american-author few history majority oblivion records successes
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.
american-author distant future goal ideal imagination imagine men people successful toward women work
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. Brian Tracy
american-author bicycle communication improve quality rapidly riding skill willing work
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.
american-author expected father
However, my father was a publisher and it was expected that I would become a publisher as well - in his firm. Dick Bruna
american-author fifteen interest lost sold until wonder
I completely lost interest in comics. I sold my collection. I didn't go back to them for fifteen years - until after Wonder Boys. Michael Chabon
american-author god left walk wants worse
If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'm a lot improved. I was worse than this after the accident. Manute Bol
american-author attention bit both call catharsis dark maybe mutual paint side sides universe
I call attention to the dark side maybe a little bit for mutual catharsis but also to try to paint the universe as it is - both sides of it. John Shirley
american-author interest passion question throughout translate
I do think there is passion and there is interest in hockey. Now the question is, can you translate that throughout a season. We think so.
american-author sf spare
I do write a little SF in my spare time.
american-author novelist
I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature. Jacqueline Susann
american-author composed directions expression giving immovable unknown
As he watched, he had an immovable expression on his face, composed but alert, as if someone were giving him directions to an unknown destination. Jhumpa Lahiri
american-author character reader
As for characters, I think that very little is needed. You just give a hint and the reader will make up the character on his or her own. Harry Mathews
american-author rabbit run saw
Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented.
american-author describe finish hard talk
It's hard for me to talk about anything I'm doing at the moment. It's only after I finish something that I can actually describe it in words.
american-author instead restricted strangely
It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident that we could handle this. Robert Asprin
american-author bound incredible sit stack yorkers
It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk of the Town' sections.
american-author recently
I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.
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Comic books were just the means for me to tell the story.
american-author effective human race weapon
The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter. Mark Twain
american-author avoiding caught danger fearful outright run safer
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Helen Keller
american-author attained fidelity worthy
True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
american-author best body brings drive exertion general mind nobody people powers rid rule
Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe
american-author god
I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
american-author becomes lifetime love people sight
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle. Sam Levenson
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It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please. Rose Kennedy
american-author capacity decade fifth fourth might plateau production reached relevant
A more relevant description would be a plateau in production capacity that might be reached in the fourth or fifth decade of this century. Daniel Yergin
american-author artist arts believe few great greatest human medium might mind since teacher teaching
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. John Steinbeck
american-author failure man somebody stops until
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. John Burroughs
american-author facts imagination imagine treat
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.
american-author confidence life success
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
american-author closed doubt open people remove
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you. Oliver Herford
american-author difference education given lesson school taught teaches test
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett