“I wish I could take back every interview. Over and over again, I read them later, and either I'm misquoted or I said something stupid. I'm just not very good at it.” SaidWishStupidVery GoodInterviews Author:Chloe Sevigny
“It's insulting when outsiders come in and tell a traumatized people what it will take for them to heal... People who have lived through a terrible conflict may be hungry and desperate, but they are not stupid. They often have very good ideas about how peace can evolve, and they need to be asked. That includes women. Most especially women.” PeopleNeedsMayIdeasStupidTerribleConflictVery GoodHungryHealEvolveDesperateGood IdeasOutsidersInsultingNot Stupid Author:Leymah Gbowee
“Behind your every bad fate, almost always there lie your own stupid mistakes! Behind your every good fate, almost always there lie your own clever deeds! Skies have nothing whatsoever to do with your fate!” LyingBehindsMistakeFateSkyStupidVery GoodDeedsCleverStupid Mistake Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I felt ugly, chubby, and stupid until I talked to my mom about it and she had me do a very good exercise that I recommend to every girl. She had me take a piece of paper and write down everything I liked and everything that I didn't like about my body and my life. By the end of the exercise, I realized that I had so many more things in my likes column. It showed me that while there are a few things in my dislikes column, I was giving ALL my attention to those few things!” GivingWritingEndsBodyGirlFeltAttentionPiecesStupidMomExercisePaperVery GoodUglyMy MomI RealizedLikesDislikeColumnsEvery GirlGood Exercise Author:Coco Rocha
“I was desperate to do more TV and film. Because I considered myself to be a theater creature. A theater animal. I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life. Because it's something I can really do. I thought I was pretty good at it, and it's kind of stupid, but I was concerned that people would go, "Oh yeah, he's very good onstage, I'm not sure he can do television."” PeopleKindFilmAnimalStupidConcernedVery GoodNot SureDesperate Author:James Callis
“I started writing the book without realizing I was writing a book. That sounds stupid, but it's true. I'd been trying and failing to make a different manuscript work, and I thought I was just taking a break by writing some short stories. I'm not a very good short story writer - the amazing compression that is required for short stories doesn't come easily to me. But anyway, I thought I'd try to write some short stories. And a structure took shape - I stumbled upon it.” WritingTryingBookDifferentRealizingBreakFailingStupidVery GoodShort StoryWriting A BookTrying And Failing Author:Ayana Mathis
“I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!” PeopleWayWantPersonsCarStupidComfortableVery GoodGood PeopleMachinerySyndromesAspergersAsperger's Syndrome Author:Gary Numan
“The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness... The mind's sidekick, however, will settle for two eggs over easy. The dear, stupid body is easily satisfied as a spaniel. And, incredibly, the simple spaniel can lure the brawling mind to its dish. It is everlastingly funny that the proud, metaphysically ambitious mind will hush if you give it an egg.” IfsWorldWantGivingMindTwoReasonBodyEasySimpleForeverAwarenessStupidReturnProudVery GoodDearSatisfiedSettlingReason WhyEggsWhy NotAmbitiousDishesLive ForeverLureHushSidekicksSpaniels Author:Annie Dillard
“I admit that I myself am far from having a complete command of every topic I touch on, but my knowledge of my subject is always greater than the interest or the understanding of my auditors. You see, there is one very good thing about mankind; the mediocre masses make very few demands of the mediocrities of a higher order, submitting stupidly and cheerfully to their guidance” OrderUnderstandingInterestGreaterSubjectsMankindStupidHigherDemandMassGood ThingsVery GoodCommandGuidanceMediocrityTopicsMediocreAuditors Author:Alfred de Vigny