"I admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines."

-- Robert Fagles

#Ambition Quotes #Generosity Quotes #Lines Quotes

“The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the language. "Let it be a challenge to you" means you're stuck with it; "interpersonal relationships" is a fight between kids; "ancillary civic agencies for supportive discipline" means call the cops; "Language Arts Dept." is the English office; "literature based on child's reading level and experiential background" means that's all they've got in the Book Room; "non-academic-minded" is a delinquent; and "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble.”
“I remember somebody had said to me "What're you doing with a movie like Boiler Room? It's all men and you're a woman. You should be making romantic comedies," or something like that. Boiler Room, for me, was a morality tale. I remember this interview where they said to me "Yeah, but all the characters are men," and I was like, "But I'm a girl, I like men!" It's not like there's nothing interesting to me just because a lot of characters in that movie happen to be male. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I only wanna make Must Love Dogs over and over again.”
“The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.”
“My basic philosophy can be summed up by an expression we use in Norwegian: hurry slowly. Get there, but be patient.”

Source : Grete Waitz, Gloria Averbuch (2015). “Run Your First Marathon: Everything You Need to Know to Reach the Finish Line”, p.48, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at 30 Rock, without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket.”
“The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.”
“I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here.”

Source : Latrell Sprewell during Press Conference, www.insidehoops.com. October 11, 2003.
“My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.”

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