"Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade."

--

Source : "Kid, you are not special" by LZ Granderson, www.cnn.com. June 12, 2012.

LZ Granderson

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Differences Quotes

“AC/DC has lived the dumbness that the Ramones have only faked all these years.”
“She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic.”
“If you want to talk about it, I got the time When you're looking so enchanted, you cover my mind If you think I'll wait forever, maybe you're right There's no such thing as now or never, there's only twilight”

Source : Song: Something To Grab For
“The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.”
“Love Goddess in training. It could happen.”
“How do you press a wildflower into the pages of an e-book?”
“I'm not trying to turn into Eddie Murphy, and just do kids movies the rest of my career. I'm going to still do a wide variety of movies, as well as do hardcore rap.”
“There's a reason why actors are always dying to work with the Coens. They just set the stage for you to do their best work.”

Source : "Oscar Isaac Talks INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Preparing for the Role, Working with the Coen Brothers and T-Bone Burnett, and Balancing Acting and Music". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 5, 2013.

You may also like:

Chris Broussard
Sports Columnist
Cokie Roberts
Journalist
Curtis Granderson
Baseball player
Jason Collins
Basketball player
Jonathan Karl
Journalist
Keith Boykin
Author
Keyshawn Johnson
Football player
Marc Lamont Hill
Academic
Matthew Dowd
Political Consultant