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“One of the things I'm most proud of about myself is my ability to fail in front of the world. You have to have that attitude when you want to experiment in art, in music, in writing, or in fashion.”

World Writing Art Ability Attitude Failing Fashion Proud

Author:Solange Knowles

“One of the things I'm most proud of over the years, is time management and balancing family and work. Everyday, you just look at what needs to be done and do that, what needs to be done. That includes the idea that family is first, kids are first and when you're with the family, put the phone down, look them right in the eye.”

Done Eye Kids Proud Management Everyday Time Management

Author:Brian Michael Bendis

“One of the things I'm most proud of that we've done here at WFMU - after various failed attempts - is to create a really healthy online community that feeds into the physical real-world community. It's spawned meet-ups in other cities. People even get married - they meet online from these chats that accompany every single program and are a really big part of what we do.”

People Done Community Proud Healthy Married Program Various Online

Author:Ken Freedman

“One of the things I'm proud of is my ability to change directions if something's not working.”

Ifs Ability Proud Ability To Change

Author:Billy Lawrence

“One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own production company now. I'm developing some television and movies for other people because I have a lot of fresh new ideas. To write is what I love the most.”

People Writing Made Ideas Real My Own Deals Company Century Television Proud Productions Developing New Ideas Foxes 20th Century

Author:Dolly Parton

“One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.”

Procrastinating

Author:Camilla Lackberg

“One of the things I'm trying to do over and over again in my books is create new mythologies, create new ways to understand the complexity of the world. I think what mythology does is impress upon chaotic experience the patterns, hierarchies and shapes which allow us to interpret the chaos and make fresh sense of it.”

Thinking World Way Trying Doe Book Shapes Chaos Patterns Mythology Complexity New Ways Impress Hierarchy Chaotic

Author:Clive Barker

“One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.”

Bigs Moving Actors Silence Fit Enjoyed Staying Stillness Physicality

Author:Joel Edgerton

“One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.”

Thinking Way Looks Fiction Science Fiction Angle Make You Think

Author:Jo Walton

Source: Among Others

“One of the things I've always loved about anime is that, even though it comes from Japan, it's so international - so much of the big anime I love takes place in Italy or France or New York.”

Anime

Author:Ezra Koenig

“One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.”

New York Building Ornaments Precedent

Author:Annabelle Selldorf

“One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change.”

Kind Band Aspect Stress Visuals Consistent Things Change Stressed

Author:Peter Steele

“One of the things I've always said is that if you're given the ability to coach kids, then you're really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.”

Ifs Said Kids Father Given Parent Ability Coaches

Author:Ray Lewis

“One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.”

Periods Clothes Excuse Necks Drag Adaptation

Author:Andrew Davies

“One of the things I've always thought is that if I were to write a poetics, it would have to do with the poetics of failure, and the way in which all the things that you claim or that you try for are already based on the limits of language.”

Ifs Way Writing Trying Language Limits Claims

Author:Martha Ronk

“One of the things I've always tried to do in filmmaking is that you don't tell the story, you try to show it.”

Trying Stories Shows Filmmaking

Author:Rick Heinrichs

“One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine.”

Feels Mines

Author:Joe Dante

“One of the things I've become immune to is people talking about market cap and social media platforms.”

People Social Talking Media Social Media Platforms Caps Immune People Talking

Author:Ashton Kutcher

“One of the things I've been talking about with my critical writing and my own work is that these movies are seen differently in a theatrical space. It's very important to me. I edit films to be seen theatrically, like fiction material I've worked on like Listen Up Phillip or other documentaries.”

Writing Important Film My Own Space Fiction Talking Materials Critical Documentaries Edits Theatrical

Author:Robert Greene

“One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right. As an Onondaga friend put it to me, "you can't pick berries until the berries are ripe."”

Waiting Importance Native Native American

Author:Joseph Bruchac

“One of the things I've been thinking about lately is how the change in values makes the survival of the old values, where they do survive, all the more striking. There are pockets of the old bullfighting world that exist more or less intact, both in Spain and elsewhere.”

Thinking World Values Survival Pockets Elsewhere Spain Bullfighting Old Values

Author:Bette Ford

“One of the things I've been trying to do is look for simpler or rules underpinning good or bad design. I think one of the most valuable rules is avoid duplication. "Once and only once" is the Extreme Programming phrase.”

Thinking Trying Looks Design Extremes Valuable Phrases Programming Duplication

Author:Martin Fowler

“One of the things I've been working on for the past few months is a radical simplification of the interface.”

Past Months Radical Interfaces Simplification

Author:Matt Mullenweg

“One of the things I've discovered at my age is I must have enchantment. And that was not clear to me in my earlier years. When I look at my favorite films, the Frank Capra - even Scorsese, even 'Goodfellas,' what makes that movie so remarkable is there's enchantment in their world.”

World Years Looks Age Film Clear My Favorite Remarkable Frank Enchantment Scorsese

Author:David O. Russell

“One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.”

Ifs Giving Children Kids School Five Miles Damn Raising Kids Don't Give A Damn

Author:Patty Duke

Source: Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke

“One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.”

Thinking Should Used Enjoy Satisfied Thanks Curse Old Days Enjoy Yourself

Author:Jane Birkin

“One of the things I've done is tell myself I can't let bad things that happen to me on the field, off the field, whatever, affect me.”

I Can Done Happens Fields Bad Things

Author:Matt Kemp

“One of the things I've done personally is bring my girlfriends into my health and fitness journeys.”

Done Journey Girlfriend My Girlfriend Health And Fitness

Author:Michelle Obama

“One of the things I've found now, not just for television, but in the restaurant, is that you have many anxious chefs, who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don't have a good foundation for other things.”

Knows Wells Found Know How Television Twenties Foundation Cooks Restaurants Anxious Chef Recipes

Author:Wolfgang Puck

“One of the things I've found really interesting about the show is that a lot of people really relate to our animal characters, more than we thought they would. Part of that is, because they are animals, people project themselves onto them. If BoJack just looks like Will Arnett, people go, "Oh, I know who that guy is. That's a Will Arnett type." But because he's a horse, people can go, "Oh, I'm kind of like him in some ways."”

People Kind Character Guy Animal Interesting Horse Really Interesting

Author:Raphael Bob-Waksberg

“One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.”

Believe Life Is Company Growing Up Growing Seeing Advantage Management Scare Ceo Infallibility Top Management

Author:Bill Ford

“One of the things I've had to struggle with is that part of what people find critically and curatorially questionable in my work is that I try to make things that don't read as art until they're in a gallery.”

People Trying Art Struggle Gallery Questionable

Author:Jack Pierson

“One of the things I've learned - before I would go on a show, I was like, "Oh God, I hate that show" or "That show is gonna get canceled." But now after being full-time on a show, you see how difficult it is and how much work goes into it and how so many decisions are based on finances or people's schedules or talent or location issues. It's a miracle that anything gets made.”

People Made Shows Hate Difficult Decision Issues Talent Goes On Miracle I Hate Finance I've Learned Location Schedules Things I've Learned

Author:Fiona Gubelmann

“One of the things I've learned about being president is that we'll work on issues for long periods of time, sometimes in obscurity.”

Long Sometimes President Issues Periods I've Learned Obscurity Long Periods Of Time Things I've Learned

Author:Barack Obama

“One of the things I've learned as I've studied the principles in God's Word is this, that God wants us to prosper. But, the way He determines the level of our prosperity is based on how much we can let go of and still smile. So, if you can't release that money and still smile, then you can't be trusted with any more than you have right now. ... If you can prove to God that you don't love money God doesn't care how much you have.”

Ifs Way Want Stills Care Levels Principles Right Now Prove Letting Go Determine Prosperity Release I've Learned Trusted Want U Love Of Money Things I've Learned

Author:Mark Gorman

“One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.”

People Shows Process Tvs Walking I've Learned Tv Shows Things I've Learned Walking Dead

Author:Glen Mazzara

“One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.”

Sometimes Life Is Chance I've Learned Take A Chance Things I've Learned

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.”

Ideas Gone I've Learned Relevant Stale Horde Things I've Learned

Author:Mary Quant

“One of the things I've learned is there's no lesson to be learned. You have to resign yourself to the fact that mistakes are going to be made at any time in the creative process.”

Made Facts Process Mistake Creative Lessons I've Learned Creative Process Things I've Learned Lessons To Be Learned

Author:Damon Lindelof

“One of the things I've learned is to be much more open about my frailties and about our failures, because when you show your kids how you can resolve conflict in your life in real time, you're giving them confidence that when they have conflicts, they can push through them.”

Giving Real Shows Kids Conflict I've Learned Resolve Frailty Things I've Learned

Author:Bruce Feiler

“One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.”

Inspirational Inspiring I've Learned Feedback Receptive Things I've Learned Responsiveness

Author:Ben Silbermann

“One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You do the best job you can, but you have no control over so many elements that are going to determine the outcome of that film. I never pay attention to what happens after.”

Film Attention Determine Pay Attention

Author:Matt Dillon

“One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'Here's the thing, and here's the button you can press to get another thing.' Sometimes that can be more easy to digest than, 'Here's a long page of things.”

People Giving Long Sometimes Easy Pages Presses I've Learned Buttons Things I've Learned

Author:Randall Munroe

“One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.”

Knows Children Nice Wonderful Depends My Children Being A Woman Nice Life Wonderful Friends I Love My Children Love My Children

Author:Salman Rushdie

“One of the things I've probably absorbed when I was in business school - and didn't know I was learning it - was about life cycles, that things begin, and they peak, and then they decline. So whether you look at life cycles of fashion, or you look at life cycles of things that people buy, designs, everything is in a life cycle. Getting out of the apparel businesses and into beauty and lingerie, those were very big bets, but they were very deliberately thought about and tested over time.”

People School Fashion Design

Author:Les Wexner

“One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.”

Ifs Men Looks Said Ends Stories Simple Wife Love You Needed My Wife I Love You Realised Reassurance Simple Man

Author:Bob Hoskins

“One of the things I've realized in my decades on this planet is that the world goes on no matter what, and if we are to survive with any amount of grace we all need little oases of tranquility and sanity in our lives. For me, an evening of wine in good company is just such a place.”

Ifs World Needs Littles Matter Company Grace Our Lives Planets Goes On Amount No Matter What Wine Decades Evening Sanity Tranquility Good Company Oasis

Author:Dave Chambers

“One of the things I've realized is how portable God is. No really, He's everywhere!”

Author:Tracee Ellis Ross

“One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.”

Way Years Made Ideas Lasts Past Couple Uncomfortable

Author:Aimee Mann

“One of the things I've really realized over the past number of years is that you can't plan - you really don't know what's going to happen. All the plans I made for myself all turned out really differently in the end, so I just go with it.”

Knows Years Made Ends Happens Past Numbers Plans Over The Past

Author:Lights

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