As a memorial, I’d like a statue. Not of me, but a little modern statue, in marble or bronze, maybe of a bird, in a park where children could play and people going by could see it. On it, I’d just like it to say: ‘Maeve Binchy, storyteller’ and people could look at the name and remember that they’d seen it somewhere else. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
There’s a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I was sure that I didn’t know everything. People who work with me will tell you I don’t think I know everything. I watch people sink around me thinking that they knew everything. Courtney A. Kemp Read Quote
I began running half-marathons and it helped my fundraising for the multiple sclerosis society and others. Milind Soman Read Quote
The shoe culture in Houston is cool. There’s a lot of sneakerheads and a lot of people that love shoes here – a lot more than I thought. P. J. Tucker Read Quote
Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much. Wong Kar-wai Read Quote
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them. Joyce Carol Oates Read Quote
I’m looking to grab the UFC and pull them back in the direction of Philadelphia. Eddie Alvarez Read Quote
I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there’s one or two people and they say, ‘Great job, Mayor,’ that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn’t find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling – I think they should see the doctor. Michael Bloomberg Read Quote
I don’t like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it. Antonio Banderas Read Quote
