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“In show business, it takes 10 years to create an overnight success. You've heard that, right? But what you don't hear is that that's the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.”

Years Shows Humor Funny Heard Amount Bitter Show Business Overnight Success

Author:Marc Maron

“So I went down my local ice-cream shop, and said 'I want to buy an ice-cream'. He said Hundreds & thousands?' I said 'We'll start with one.' He said 'Knickerbocker glory?' I said 'I do get a certain amount of freedom in these trousers, yes.'”

Want Said Humor Funny Certain Amount Glory Locals Ice Shops Cream Ice Cream Trousers

Author:Tim Vine

“So the problem in the West is that, especially in places like the USA, a person will obtain this much knowledge and immediately think that they have a large amount of knowledge. And then start to act on the basis of what they think, they posses. Instead of having this much knowledge and realizing that in fact this is only this much knowledge and the amount of where you can go there is where you came is much bigger than where you've already gotten.”

Thinking Persons Facts Problem Realizing Amount Bases Bigger West Usa Posse

Author:Robert Svoboda

“I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.”

Believe Fighting I Believe Team Amount I Believe In Generous Employee Investors Equity

Author:Sam Altman

“I do as little cardio as possible. I prefer to eat clean as often as possible instead of doing huge amounts of cardio.”

Littles Huge Amount Clean Cardio

Author:Jamie Eason

“I was trained in the Society of the Inner Light. Now that requires that you spend a certain amount of time in meditation, it also requires that you spend this time in early morning, because they say you're closer to the sleep state at that point.”

States Light Certain Sleep Morning Meditation Amount Early Morning Inner Light

Author:Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

“When you sleep your eyes move left and right and physical movement takes trauma and moves it from your frontal lobe to the back of your brain or to another part of the brain where you can store it that memory but when you think about those things that happened, you don't associate the feeling that normally comes with it. So the problem is if you have something traumatic happen and you are not getting a good amount of rest, it will stay in your frontal lobe.”

Ifs Thinking Feelings Problem Happens Eye Moving Left Memories Sleep Brain Happened Movement Amount Trauma Stores Associates Left And Right

Author:Matty Mullins

“Meaning coming from feeling, feeling coming from within, you absorb a massive amount of information, it goes through your whole body, a little bit of it floats up to your head where there is deliberation. You are conditioned by the way your whole body is responding to what is going on.”

Way Littles Whole Feelings Body Bits Information Amount Little Bit Massive Within You Floats Responding Deliberation

Author:Bill Henson

“I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do a book.”

Firsts Book Lasts Energy Amount

Author:Jan Brett

“I don't think there has been any mayor in America scrutinized that way. I don't think there has been any mayor as a matter of fact, Coleman Young I think received an incredible amount of scrutiny and he was kind of the poster child for that in Detroit. He was the first Black mayor who really expressed his manhood in a different way than had been seen from African-American man that was projected across the country.”

“Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.”

Energy Causes Brain Amount Balance Research Negative Ill Mood Chemicals Swings Dip Small Amounts Processed Food Mood Swing

Author:Marilu Henner

“'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.”

Ifs Art Humor Understanding Laughing Humour Amount Laughter Art Is Painter Explanation Sense Of Humor Make You Laugh Lack Of Understanding Art Appreciation

Author:Michael Craig-Martin

“Drug companies should not be allowed to reap excessive profits or spend unreasonable amounts on marketing if they want to receive support that is designed to encourage life- saving and health-improving treatments.”

Ifs Want Should Company Support Amount Drug Marketing Profit Saving Treatment Improving Reap Unreasonable Life Saving Drug Companies

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Change of ministers amounts to nothing. One goes out, another comes in, and still the same measures, vices, and extravagances are pursued. It signifies not who is minister. The defect lies in the system. The foundation and superstructure of the government is bad. Prop it as you please, it continually sinks and ever will.”

Stills Government Political Lying Politics Amount Please Foundation Vices Ministers Defects Pursued Props Extravagance

Book:Selected Writings of Thomas Paine

Source: Selected Writings of Thomas Paine

“I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in regard to our children.”

Thinking Children Mother Certain Social Amount Behavior Standards Pressure Regard Our Children Conform Unnatural Social Pressure

Author:Jillian Medoff

“I've always been creative, with a huge amount of energy.”

Energy Creative Huge Amount

Author:Scott Cohen

“The beauty of running your own label and your own show is that you are in charge. I get sent a huge amount of musicfrom new and established talent every day, so if I like a track, I play it - no questions asked.”

Ifs Play Shows Running Talent Huge Amount Track Labels Questions Asked

Author:Nicky Romero

“I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.”

Needs Fighting Ability Amount Ridiculous

Author:Sean Faris

“I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.”

I Can Fighting Amount Activity Studios Managers Get Back New Music

Author:Rivers Cuomo

“I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After all, capital is the accumulated savings of mankind. And banks are great masters in destroying enormous amounts of capital with great regularity.”

Should Mankind Masters Amount Capacity Enormous Saving Destroying Underestimate Savings Never Underestimate Regularity

Author:Arie de Geus

“The oil companies are really making a very lucrative amount of profit from the high price of oil. I don't that they're very keen to reduce the price of oil. The consumers are those who are the victims so I think that the producers, the governments, some of them, they're enjoying the high revenue that they get.”

Thinking Government Enjoy Company Amount Victim Profit Oil Producers Consumers Revenue Oil Companies High Prices

Author:Ahmed Zaki Yamani

“I felt like I had kind of played it out, and I wanted to see what was next, and then came Mythbusters. You know, it's the best job I've ever had, on its worst day it's better than anything else, but it's a huge amount of responsibility, and there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else's drawing sounds like going back to heaven.”

Knows Kind Wanted Jobs Next Heaven Felt Sound Responsibility Worst Building Huge Amount Drawing Best Job Worst Day Building Something Mythbusters

Author:Adam Savage

“Let's care and nurture our bodies. You are looking after something from a very early stage. Like a plant, you're giving it food and water and when it grows, look at the amount of buds it gives you. Every year it flourishes and comes back time and time again. Look after yourselves and don't be embarrassed about it.”

Giving Years Looks Body Care Grows Water Stage Amount Plant Embarrassed Nurture Bud

Author:William Katt

“One of the wonderful things about making a film of any genre is that you have dialogue. You can take up a position. If you want to say something about your position, you can just say it. You don't have to spend massive amounts of screen time.”

Ifs Want Film Wonderful Position Amount Screens Dialogue Genre Massive Wonderful Things Genre Is Screen Time

Author:Woody Allen

“When I get up in the morning, I go and I work with beautiful women and charming men and funny comedians and dramatic artists. And I'm presented with costumes and great music to choose from and sets. I travel a certain amount of places, so I've been living in a bubble. And I like it.”

Men Beautiful Artist Certain Morning Amount Get Up Comedian Dramatic Bubbles Charming Costumes Beautiful Women Great Music Funny Comedian Charming Man

Author:Woody Allen

“The Hubbell space telescope, it's first year up after they fixed it, categorized and counted 500 billion galaxies in any one photograph field of view of dark matter. That's like grains of sand at the beach and you've just got a handful. It's massive amounts. I'm sure that of all of the galaxies, and I'm sure the universe is teeming with life.”

Years Firsts Matter Universe Dark Space Views Fields Amount Photograph Billions Beach Fixed Sand Massive Grain Galaxy Handful Telescopes Grains Of Sand Dark Matter

Author:Alex Jones

“I know Bret Easton Ellis has said he has some amount of empathy for every character he has written about, though, so maybe I am similar to him in terms of that. I'm not sure what he thinks exactly.”

Thinking Knows Said Character Term Written Amount Empathy Not Sure

Author:Tao Lin

“I feel that within the Mormon culture there is a tremendous amount of fear - of women's voices, of questioning of authority, and ultimately of our own creativity.”

Feels Culture Voice Creativity Amount Authority Questioning

Book:A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams

Source: A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams

“I derive a tremendous amount of pride in developing places that everyday people can experience. I like to create beauty in everyday lives.”

People Pride Amount Everyday Developing Everyday Life

Author:Philip Freelon

“I think it's such a risky thing doing interviews. I try to limit the amount of interviews that I do because no one is that interesting especially when you're not really saying anything. And I don't particularly want to be an character in society or whatever.”

Thinking Want Trying Character Interesting Amount Limits Interviews

Author:Robert Pattinson

“It seems that the Neanderthal DNA that modern Europeans and Asians (and also Native Americans and basically all non-African people) are carrying around is random. This means there are different bits and pieces in different populations, but it doesn't seem to amount to much that's significant.”

People Mean Different Seems Bits Pieces Modern Amount Population Significant Native Native American Dna Bits And Pieces Neanderthals

Author:Elizabeth Kolbert

“I think that you sign a sort of unwritten contract when you become a public figure, when you become an actor, that you're sacrificing a certain amount of privacy and parts of your life change.”

Thinking Certain Actors Sacrifice Figures Amount Life Changing Privacy Contracts Unwritten Public Figures

Author:Olivia Wilde

“I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they be skinny or pretty. It's constant in our society.”

Thinking Certain Environment Achieve Industry Amount Female Perfection Constant Strive Related Our Society Skinny Work Related

Author:Mila Kunis

“In today's world of blogging and tweeting, conversation has become a bit more staccato. In many ways we're more efficient, but I think the amount of longer conversations that radiated more warmth may have gone down.”

Thinking World Way May Today Bits Gone Amount Conversation Warmth Efficient Blogging Today's World

Author:Indra Nooyi

“Even with my non-believing teammates, there is a great amount of unity and I truly believe that's God working. It's really cool in team sports when you're united around a belief or something you want to accomplish.”

Want Believe Belief Sports United Team Amount Unity Accomplish Working It Teammate Really Cool Sports Team

Author:Tobin Heath

“I think that now most people know someone in their family that is coping with something, but there is still a tremendous amount of shame - that one is still regarded as a defective unit ... if only they would pull up their bootstraps - they are only indulging their emotions, everybody's moody, blah, blah, blah.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Stills Emotion Amount Shame Units Coping Defective Moody Blah Pull Ups Bootstraps

Author:Carrie Fisher

“Sometimes I have experienced at the start of a film you're very excited and enthusiastic and you've done all your preparation internally and externally and you start the film and it's all go... Then your attention goes somewhere else. Your energy goes into telling the story, so you don't have the same amount of energy to be objective, and that's okay because sometimes you become a subject of the story and you're inside it so much that you don't need to keep on looking on the outside.”

Needs Sometimes Done Stories Film Energy Attention Subjects Amount Okay Excited Objectives Preparation Enthusiastic Somewhere Else

Author:Colin Farrell

“You have the upmost amount of energy because you're not just having a cocktail at the end of the night. You're actually not drinking alcohol and you're keeping your body really clean and it's an amazing feeling to be getting out all the toxins.”

Ends Feelings Body Night Energy Amount Clean Drinking Alcohol Your Body Cocktails Drinking Alcohol Toxins

Author:Colin Farrell

“You can't compartmentalize unforgiveness. You can't control sin. You can't manage sin. Sin is never satisfied with the amount of you it possesses.”

Christian Leadership Church Sin Amount Satisfied Manage

Author:Johnny Hunt

“The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.”

Men Has Beens Done Might Young Mistake Amount Errors Ruins Young Man Might Have Been

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.”

Certain Humanity Animal Amount Cat Roaming

Author:Adlai Stevenson I

“The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead. Statement of the Achilles and the Tortoise paradox in the relation of the discrete to the continuous.; perhaps the earliest example of the reductio ad absurdum method of proof.”

Firsts Science Race Example Amount Argument Relation Mathematics Method Proof Statements Paradox Ads Runners Pursued Achilles Tortoises Discrete

Author:Zeno of Elea

“Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.”

Children Games Powerful Information Youth Amount Computer Tools Essence Chess Trends

Author:Nigel Short

“Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt.”

Has Beens America Wealth Amount Crisis Investment Accepted Enormous Elites Only Time 1930s Redistribution Of Wealth

Author:Susan George

“I'm still spending my working life trying to mine people's souls and now they're complimenting me in reviews on the amount of time I spend in the gym. On the definition of my triceps.”

People Trying Stills Soul Mines Amount Definitions Spending Reviews Compliment Gym Working Life Triceps

Author:Jason Isaacs

“There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.”

People Ifs Country Happens Running Certain President Trouble Amount Bounds Tyrants

Book:Archy does his part

Source: Archy does his part

“Every now and again I just really have to have that steak or lamb chop. But yeah, B.C. - before cancer - I would eat red meat probably three or four times a week, easily. I am convinced that the amount of red meat I contributed to it.”

Three Four Week Amount Red Yeah Cancer Convinced Meat Lambs Steak Red Meat

Author:Robin Roberts

“It is hard to look at the amount of damage in the two states and say it's equal, but the time to fight that battle is gone. Without Louisiana and Mississippi working together, Louisiana might have gotten a lot less than that. That's just the reality of politics.”

Looks Two Hard States Reality Might Together Fighting Gone Amount Battle Equal Damage Working Together Mississippi Louisiana

Author:Tim Ryan

“If you’re unhappy at the amount of sexual opportunity in your life, don’t blame the women. Instead, make sure they have equal access to power, wealth, and status. Then watch what happens.”

Ifs Happens Opportunity Wealth Watches Amount Equal Blame Access Unhappy

Author:Christopher Ryan

“I believe in a reasonable amount of "right to bear arms". But private citizens of the United States are not allowed to own nuclear weapons. I always wanted a nuclear weapon, if I could have gotten one. I'm every other kind of power, but I'm not a nuclear power.”

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