Famous Quotes & Sayings

Zadie Smith

I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.

Wendy Kopp

Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.

David Byrne

Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don't have names for what they are or haven't identified them all. We can't pinpoint exactly what makes each city's people unique yet.

Brooke Burke

Women need to hear the words, 'It's okay if things don't go exactly the way you want them to.' Give yourself a break!

Natasha Trethewey

Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.

Ninette de Valois

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

Steve McNamara

That was the only blight on the game. It was a good, tough hit-out. We got out of it exactly what we wanted to get out of it.

Scott Graf

That was the hit that really got us going. When Theresa hit that homer, it picked everyone up. That was exactly what we needed at that point of the game. We needed somebody to step up and Theresa did just that.

Marsha Lowry

We need to know exactly what we can expect to see from the agency.

Yann Martel

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

Thomas a Kempis

Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.

Idina Menzel

'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.

Ian Mckellen

Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it.

Isaac Hempstead-Wright

One of my first days shooting on 'Game of Thrones' was possibly the coldest day I've ever experienced in my life, and that sticks out especially because I'd never, ever done anything before.

Isobelle Carmody

I am very fortunate in that I have spent pretty much my whole life being a writer, and before I was a writer, I was a storyteller.

Ismail Kadare

I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life.

Gin Wigmore

I think I was probably a cowboy in a past life.

Jane Seymour

When I was younger, I remember thinking, 'I have to pass this mark' or 'I have to get this role' or 'I have to do this or that' and then that will mean I have accomplished something. But life is actually all about the process and not about the goals.

Elizabeth Dole

Today I am not going to get into the specifics of the legislation.

Bob Hamilton

We?re still proceeding at best-possible speed and we?re still trying to get the specifics on the street.

Sara Zarr

Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars.

Robert Aitken

The Universal is always the same, the specifics are always different.

David Washington

We just wanted to make sure we understand the specifics of what happened. We want to go over everything. We'd like for this thing to be remedied.

Michael Greene

The tone was the right tone but the specifics and the specific commitments, that's for the follow-up,

Michelann Ooten

I don't really know specifics on when it will all be back to normal. It's going to take a while.