At drama school, a casting director asked the class to walk round the room one at a time, and we had to imagine who they might be. The two before me were described as a doctor and a businessman, but when it came to me, they said homeless person. That was when I thought I’d better do something about my appearance! Gwilym Lee Read Quote
A person on dialysis undergoes very heavy and irritating treatment, and in time, it seems more than you can bear. James A. Michener Read Quote
I found it very helpful not to do the venture round. Instead, I started with very little money, a few thousand dollars, and I did every job myself. I was the first photographer. I was the first customer service rep. I was the first online marketing person. Jon Oringer Read Quote
A troubled economy is always the sitting president’s fault. It was when Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter, when Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush, and when Barack Obama defeated John McCain by running against George W. Bush. Mark McKinnon Read Quote
I would come to New York, work, and then get out of New York. I didn’t go out to dinner with other people on the Management Committee. I didn’t socialize. I didn’t politick. Henry Paulson Read Quote
The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book. John McGahern Read Quote
Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them. Georg Henrik von Wright Read Quote
