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“I've developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than I learned anything useful from, except, of course, that some very tedious gentlemen have written books.”

Book Courses Reading Written Reputation Gentleman Tedious Reading More

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following.”

Leadership Awareness Fields Huge Development Research Commitment Regard Environmental Following Developing Immense Hybrid Research And Development Toyota

Author:Maurice Strong

“I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.”

Habit Karaoke

Author:Serena Williams

“I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.”

People Thinking Knows Trying Whole Social Security Reform Social Security Accused Proposal

Author:Jim DeMint

“I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.”

Children Self Discipline Self Discipline

Author:George Hamilton

“I've developed a stiff neck that's about to drive me insane.”

Insane Necks Stiff Neck

Author:'Little' Jimmy Dickens

“I've developed a way to separate myself from me being me, to me being the character. I can separate watching me, Tinsel Korey, from watching Emily”

Way I Can Character Being Me Emily Tinsel

Author:Tinsel Korey

“I've developed an audience over the years and I don't want to loose them.”

Want Years Audience

Author:George Duke

“I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.”

People Looks Beauty Swans Swan Lake

Author:Rufus Wainwright

“I've developed my anarchism, my critique of Marxism, which has been the most advanced bourgeois ideology I know of, into a community of ideas and ultimately a common sense of responsibilities and commitments.”

Knows Has Beens Ideas Community Common Responsibility Commitment Common Sense Ideology Marxism Anarchism Critique Bourgeois Sense Of Responsibility

Author:Murray Bookchin

“I've developed my passion for cars that drive themselves from being stuck in traffic for many, many, many hours of my life. I don't know what it adds up to, but I feel like I've lost a year or two just in traffic. That's big to me. That's a lot of time, a lot of money that I just lose on the road.”

Knows Feels Years Two Bigs Passion Lost Hours Loses Car Add Stuck Lots Of Money Traffic My Passion Stuck In Traffic

Author:Sebastian Thrun

“I've developed several serious policy proposals to create jobs, reform Washington and reduce spending.”

Jobs Policy Serious Spending Reform Proposal

Author:Deb Fischer

“I've developed some deep relationships over the past couple of years blogging and I realize that those relationships manifest themselves in the links I find when I do my x a daily ego search over at Technorati.”

Years Funny Past Realizing Couple Ego Thoughtful Links Manifest Over The Past Blogging Deep Relationship Relationship Over

Author:Jason Calacanis

“I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.”

Habit Optimistic Anticipation

Author:Martha Beck

“I've devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It's those principles, the principles of free society, that have shaped my life, my family, our company, and America.”

People America Understanding Company Principles My Family Devoted Free Society

Author:Charles Koch

“I've died 3 times, I've been shot in the back, stabbed once in my arm, stabbed 2 times in my back, run over by a truck, been poisoned, broke both of my arms, nose (3 times broken), ribs, both legs, but a broken heart hurt me the most.”

Heart Running Hurt Broken Arms Shots Died Legs Broke Noses Truck Hurt Me Ribs Heart Hurts

Author:Steve Kaufman

“I've died so many times in so many movies. What is it about my face that people want to kill it? I'm sure they would've killed Kitty Farmer if they could've!”

People Farmers

Author:Beth Grant

“I've died so many times. I'm 65. On my 40th birthday, my girlfriend gave me a reel with ways I had died, whether it was by knife, or electrocution or drowning or being thrown off a building or whatever it might have been. I've died a lot of times!”

Way Has Beens Might Building Died Girlfriend Thrown Knives Might Have Been Drowning My Girlfriend 40th Birthday

Author:Jonathan Banks

“I've dipped my toe into the beauty world and I'd like to keep it there!”

World Toes

Author:Matthew Williamson

“I've directed a fair amount of television series - so I'm always trying to learn new things. One episode was all hand-held and I'm trying to get better at when you should do things and when you should just shut up and watch what the people are saying.”

People Should Trying Hands Watches Television Amount Fairs Series Get Better New Things Episodes Shut Up Always Trying

Author:Bob Balaban

“I've directed bits of action and so I know that it's long and it's very detailed. Editing action is a good deal more exciting than shooting action. Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.”

Knows Littles Long Action Bits Deals Pieces Exciting Tiny Shooting Editing Meticulous

Author:Sam Mendes

“I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.”

Ifs Knows Feels I Can Done Enough Stories Film Couple Theatre Secure Get It Done

Author:Gary Sinise

“I've directed five films and I've proven that people have made money with my films - many people have made money with my films.”

People Made Film Five Proven

Author:Julie Delpy

“I've directed independent film.”

Film Independent Independent Film

Author:Vin Diesel

“I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.”

Law Community Justice Resources Responsible Committed Terrorist Presidential Distinction Law Enforcement Enforcement Harbors

Author:George W. Bush

“I've discovered a new video game called owning my home.”

Home Games Video

Author:Dan Harmon

“I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.”

Years Kind Different Done Past Band All Kinds Over The Past Tango

Author:Gary Burton

“I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.”

Thinking Kids Life Is Complicated Straightforward Fairytale Life Is Not Easy Being Straightforward

Author:Rachel McAdams

“I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.”

People I Can Film Dislike

Author:Jehane Noujaim

“I've discovered I prefer to prepare a few notes or actually write the speech so I can really hone it down to hopefully be entertaining, try and get a laugh at least by the second line, and then say what you need to say.”

Needs Writing Trying I Can Lines Laughing Speech Notes Hopefully Entertaining

Author:Geoffrey Rush

“I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.”

People Force Ordinary Ordinary People Pursued Preoccupation

Author:Steven Spielberg

“I've discovered it is not sufficient simply to try to take time for quietness but that I must, with all diligence, make time. Whatever keeps me from prayer, solitude, and the Bible, however good it appears, is my enemy if I am to be God's devoted friend and follower.”

Ifs Trying Prayer Enemy Solitude Sufficient Followers Take Time Devoted Diligence Quietness Making Time

Author:Tommy Barnett

“I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought into the lie that God owes us (for our good behaviour). The reality of life is that if you live long enough you are going to bleed, cry and hurt. AND God is still God IN that.”

Ifs Knows Long Stills Enough Reality Christian Life Is Lying Difficult Hurt Situation Cry Reality Of Life Behaviour Difficult Situations

Author:Matt Chandler

“I've discovered my vocation. I want to be a writer.”

Want Vocation

Author:Paulo Coelho

Source: Like the Flowing River: Thoughts and Reflections

“I've discovered nothing. but do you remember how much we talked when we were boys? We talked just for the fun of it. We knew very well it was only talk, but still we enjoyed it.”

Wells Stills Remember Fun Boys Enjoyed

Author:Cesare Pavese

Source: Selected Works: Translated from the Italian and with an Introd. by R. W. Flint

“I've discovered over the years that if my hair is all right, then generally speaking, so am I.”

Ifs Years Hair

Author:Maureen Lipman

“I've discovered over the years that the simplest explanation is almost always the right one; and that hunger of one kind or another - desire, by another name - is the source of almost every sorrow.”

Years Kind Desire Names Source Sorrow Hunger Explanation Simplest

Author:Claire Messud

Source: The Woman Upstairs

“I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move.”

Moving Company Sun Special Surface Makeup

Author:Robert Smith

“I've discovered that every time I've reached a milestone I think I'm there, but there's another there waiting for me.”

Thinking Waiting Milestone

Author:Sara Benincasa

“I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.”

People Ifs Knows Needs I Can Space Half Ass Bad Ass Other Half

Author:Sally Ride

“I've discovered that I can't trust the ratings board at all, because they have - to my mind - a perverted point of view about what's appropriate for children. They think that if you see any part of a male or female anatomy, we have to protect children from it, which is not true, and they think almost any level of violence is okay for children, which is absolutely not true... They're really off the mark.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Children I Can Levels Views Violence Protect Female Okay Mark Males Point Of View Boards Appropriate Rating Anatomy Protecting Children

Author:William H. Macy

“I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.”

Values Simplicity Complicated Dressings Fussy

Author:Zhang Ziyi

“I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves”

World Home Bigs Order Big Changes

Author:Ann M. Martin

Source: The Baby-Sitters Club #57: Dawn Saves the Planet

“I've discovered that like every writer, I'm helpless MYSELF - and that means I find myself unconsciously or semi-consciously repeating motifs and themes and even using certain words or images recurrently in my work, no matter how much I think I'm starting fresh. But I've always admired artists who made a specific sport of trying to visit different kinds of genres or mediums or modes - not just 'western' or 'detective', but comedy/tragedy, epic and miniature, traditional/experimental.”

Thinking Trying Kind Mean Different Artist Sports Comedy Tragedy Different Kinds Helpless Epic Fresh Start

Author:Jonathan Lethem

“I've discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don't really know much about movies. They don't know the history. They don't know the technology. They don't know anything. So for them to try to analyze it, they're lost.”

Knows Trying Lost Technology Critics Illiterate

Author:George Lucas

“I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.”

People Young Common Audience Passionate Appreciation Broadway Hardworking Motown Love And Appreciation

Author:Berry Gordy

“I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.”

Important Use Happens Running Events Skills Performers Rehearsal Visualization Important Events

Author:Charles Garfield

“I've discovered that people don't actually want to have things spoiled, and they really try to avoid spoilers.”

People Want Trying Spoiled Spoilers

Author:Rebecca Eaton

“I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'”

Love Writing Heart Teach Hell Judgment Rely Rejection Bad Things Rejected Writing Life Rejecting

Author:Saul Bellow

“I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.”

Ifs Sound Guitar Quantity Sheer Guitar Sound

Author:James Hetfield

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