“Many young people today do not concern themselves with style. They think that what one says should be said simply and that is all. For me, style - which does not exclude simplicity, quite the opposite - is above all a way of saying three or four things in one. There is the simple sentence, with its immediate meaning, and then at the same time, below this immediate meaning, other meanings are organized. If one is not capable of giving language this plurality of meaning, then it is not worth the trouble to write.”
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“I think we need to have a little talk, woman to skank.”
“I find many women are intimidated by "career women"! Bottom line: snap judgments about what you think others' perceptions might be about you, personally or professionally, can be more dangerous or damaging to you than those who are uncomfortable with your stature or your smarts. If you are smart and focused on your career, remind yourself that no one can ever take away your drive and your passion.”
“It's hard to do, but I think it's really important to go back and watch yourself.”
“And when I'm on set, I'm just thinking about the script and of working. I think I've stayed focused on the work so much that I haven't really noticed my life start to change except for I've gotten busier.”
“I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.”
“Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.”
“I don't think Wisconsin should become known as a state where we shoot cats.”
“I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.”
“In any situation you can think of, impatience is a source of weakness and fear, while patience represents substance and strength.”
“I think if you really put your mind to something you can do it. Five and a half years ago I couldn't stand on stage and play guitar. I didn't have enough talent as a kid to play guitar. I started really late. I hired a guitar teacher when I was in Nashville and I applied myself and stayed focused.”
“When I was a kid, I used to play marbles. I know some of you think I've lost mine.”
“I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'”
“Our souls need time to think, dream, and reflect.”
“Thought is the source of all wealth, all success, all achievement. Our dominant thoughts determine our individuality, our career, our daily life.”
“I think a lot of the time, we don't give our family connections the kind of credit they deserve, like how important they are to us and how much they mean to us. I think family makes all the difference.”
“Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.”
“The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks”
“It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.”
“I shall have the liberty to think for myself.”