I think it's good that we're not embarrassed that we're comic book creators anymore. It's good that people are able to make a good living at doing it, and not doing the traditional sort of mainstream fare.
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CAROL BARTZ Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our ... VICTORIA OSTEEN Strengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A stren... MARCUS BUCKINGHAM We're sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers. He's a guy that wants to se... JOE JOHNSTON If explicit metadata is a real problem, it raises problems that just can't be solved. It's n... DAVID WEINBERGER I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell produ... BOB EDWARDS I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die... STEVE GLEASON Sometimes when you are a great mom, you're not so great at your job. And then when you're go... GISELE BUNDCHEN Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anythin... WARIS DIRIE It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactl... JONAH HILL D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and ... BRYCE HARPER I've performed in China, France, New Delhi, and Indianapolis, and everybody just allows themselv... RICKY MARTIN You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing ... PETE FOUNTAIN Do good 'cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you'... VICTORIA OSTEEN I'm not a big, huge star, and so when people see me, it's usually to talk about something I&... JASON BATEMAN It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're tryin... DREW BARRYMORE Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But ... CALVIN KLEIN Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move ... EDDIE REDMAYNE I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they... 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Fo... BECKY LYNCH It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you ca... LENA DUNHAM The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they'... IAN MCKELLEN I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing inn... MADELEINE ALBRIGHT I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to cons... PATRICK WHITESELL And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowle... DUANE G. CAREY I have to feel the audience. I enjoy that feeling of community. There's something sort of spirit... DAVE GAHAN I think we're in good hands. There's definitely much more momentum in bringing in good thing... CRYSTAL CHAPPELL It's not the traditional promise ring. It's basically to always stay truthful. I think that&... BELLA THORNE A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: 'You're not making me ha... JOYCE MEYER We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate... JAMES HETFIELD Part of doing good work is caring deeply about it, believing in what you're doing, and getting i... ARI GRAYNOR I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor peopl... LENNY ABRAHAMSON I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of ... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN 'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, ... IRA GLASS I always believe that people can learn a broader skill set. You need good technology and solving a b... ADAM DRAPER It's concerning to me when people look at the course of education as just a means for getting a ... DAN PINK I think that the fact that we had a trans woman on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'... is only goo... GABY HOFFMANN We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to ch... SAMANTHA MORTON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON If you're a writer, you know there are ways in which we don't know what we're doing at a... COLUM MCCANN I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think di... BILL PLYMPTON When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that'... JIM MURPHY I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at. TERRY BRADSHAW It's hard to be a celebrity nowadays. It's not about your track record anymore. If you have ... JAMIE FOXX If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you ca... EDIE BRICKELL We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities... DANIEL BRUHL That is the difference between St. Jude's and all other children's hospitals. The other hosp... MARLO THOMAS People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they'r... EVE ENSLER Fashion is where I make my living. I'm not knocking it; it's a pleasure to make a living tha... RICHARD AVEDON If you're in favour of any policy - reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever - if you... NOAM CHOMSKY People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of... CHER If you're a guy who's always been the fun-to-be-around teddy bear, then all of a sudden peop... ADAM RICHMAN People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibilit... TED ALLEN I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent an... ORLANDO BLOOM I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing t... KEVIN DURANT There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that th... TREY PARKER If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it. KYLE CHANDLER We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters. EDDIE VAN HALEN When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the f... RAFAEL DOS ANJOS When an audience is affected in a way that I've seen with some people, it's so inspiring to ... SALLY HAWKINS It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid. RAY BRADBURY A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job ... BLANKA VLASIC We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, a... FARLEY MOWAT Some people think that there aren't many Aboriginal actors around, and if there are, they're... DEBORAH MAILMAN If we're not a good steward of what God gives us, he takes it away. I think that's what happ... SHAWN MICHAELS When you're too relaxed it's not good to create. DAVID GUETTA I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding... KARL PILKINGTON We're not here to make the ignorant people happy. We're here to write our music for those pe... ANDY BIERSACK I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX On a day when you're tired, it's important to just say good morning to everyone so they'... LINDSAY LOHAN It's a funny thing when you think you're dead. You're not terrified of it anymore. There... DAVID LANGE Nobody wants to make a bad 'Flight of the Navigator' remake. There's just no interest. W... COLIN TREVORROW The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're ... NAZANIN BONIADI The important thing is not to be too comfortable when you're writing. Noise in the street? That&... E. L. DOCTOROW
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The first comic book I ever read was an issue of 'Legion of Super-Heroes' where the earth wa... JONATHAN HICKMAN Artwise, I'm kind of a chameleon. I don't have an established style or anything like that. JONATHAN HICKMAN My overall artistic goal is to marry graphic design with comic books and traditional storytelling. JONATHAN HICKMAN My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do th... DWAYNE HICKMAN 'Wayne of Gotham' is very much a father-and-son exploration. We've always seen Thomas Wa... TRACY HICKMAN I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we stu... TRACY HICKMAN I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummi... DWAYNE HICKMAN Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was. DWAYNE HICKMAN The parade is usually my favorite part of the St. Pat's Day celebration. I helped run the parade las... 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TRACY HICKMAN I was working on the Bob Cummings Show and my manager, Ted Wick, call 20th Century Fox, and suggeste... DWAYNE HICKMAN We just had to protect the ball better and make quicker decisions. They scouted us pretty good and t... RICKY HICKMAN a real professional - a natural comedian and a pleasure to work with. DWAYNE HICKMAN We want to get our passing game going early. We want to control things to show we can move the ball ... BROOKS HICKMAN It was a really late goal. It was crazy. Garrett (Jackson) took the throw in and made a deep throw. ... BROOKS HICKMAN I love to go at it offensively, and I do my best to hustle all the time. We want to be aggressive. BROOKS HICKMAN [A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told th... TRACY HICKMAN If we're all clicking and on the same page, we can beat any team in this league. RICKY HICKMAN Just then, a car was racing down the road. They barely stopped before they hit the U-Haul. God was w... JILL HICKMAN One of the wonderful things about Batman is that he is just a man. He doesn't have superpowers o... TRACY HICKMAN with the police doing all the killing, who do we call when our hero's are the villain O.S. HICKMAN Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother... DWAYNE HICKMAN That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes... DWAYNE HICKMAN money make the world and your family turn OMAR HICKMAN I knew it would be tough (after the career-high game), that there would be a lot of focus on me. I g... RICKY HICKMAN If a kid is playing all three, he doesn't have time (to get in trouble). The best kids are usually i... FRED HICKMAN (West Lauderdale) had enough want and discipline to beat us. The guys were well-coached, wouldn't gi... FRED HICKMAN We talk about the good old days. GEORGE HICKMAN It's amazing that we're both here, since we grew up in such a small area. It's a small world. GEORGE HICKMAN I was always very shy but my older brother, Darryl, was working and my mother couldn't leave me home... DWAYNE HICKMAN I read several scenes and then I was called back and everyone just acted like I had the part. I went... DWAYNE HICKMAN Some couples could not work together but we enjoy working on our projects and building our art busin... DWAYNE HICKMAN Breaking the fourth wall and having Dobie talk to the audience was ground-breaking. DWAYNE HICKMAN I would never recommend it. I have a six-year-old son who wants to be an actor (as well as a vet and... DWAYNE HICKMAN You can never spend enough time with children. DWAYNE HICKMAN Children should enjoy the few years they have just being a kid. DWAYNE HICKMAN [P]eople only make decisions based on what they know. You can have everyone in the country vote free... TRACY HICKMAN This is hard to grapple with. 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DWAYNE HICKMAN I think that between the egos of the actors and the wrestlers in this country we are taking away fro... DWAYNE HICKMAN Dobie was so well written and so ahead of its time. DWAYNE HICKMAN I went back to film work after Dobie. I went back to film work after Dobie. DWAYNE HICKMAN If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business! DWAYNE HICKMAN I worked on a film short with Frank Sinatra when I was a kid. DWAYNE HICKMAN The launch of Darkness Rising showcases our ongoing commitment to our flagship title with thrilling,... JEFF HICKMAN It would be catastrophic. Right now, we have need for additional workers. The last figure I got was ... MIKE HICKMAN They can ask him anything. PAUL HICKMAN There is no condition so severe that you cannot reverse it by choosing different thoughts. Howe... MARY ANN HICKMAN They say the apple don't fall far from the tree but every apple has it own seeds O. S. 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JONATHAN SWIFT A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there a... JONATHAN CARROLL Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. JONATHAN SWIFT Your language indicates──and limits──what you think. JONATHAN PRICE Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price. Thinking JONATHAN STROUD The stories that bind us, Halli. The stories we live by, that dictate what we do and where we go. Th... JONATHAN STROUD Looks?” the skull said. “Who cares about that? It’s superficial. Outward appearance doesn’t ... JONATHAN STROUD Oh, we'll suffer in silence. You've given us plenty of practice at that. JONATHAN STROUD Because you're unique . You shine like a beacon, attracting the attention of all dark things." It ch... JONATHAN STROUD Nothing could keep me from you. Nothing in life or Death... JONATHAN STROUD I'ts how I want to remember him, the way he was that night: with horrors up ahead and horrors at our... JONATHAN STROUD Well, I make that one murder victim, one police interrogation and one conversation with a ghost,” ... JONATHAN STROUD Death is fugitive; even when you're watching for it, the actual instant somehow slips between your f... JONATHAN STROUD Well, when you're being held at gunpoint by a geriatric madman in a metal skirt, you've kind of hit ... JONATHAN STROUD God rest her soul and may she never walk at night JONATHAN STROUD A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, six... JONATHAN STROUD One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror. JONATHAN STROUD According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, m... JONATHAN STROUD Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a cer... JONATHAN STROUD Then again, Solomon was human. And that meant he was flawed (Go on, take a look at yourself in the m... JONATHAN STROUD Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style. JONATHAN STROUD More ghosts have been created in bedrooms than anywhere else. JONATHAN STROUD Strange how close the darkness is, even when things seem brightest. Even in the glare of a summer no... JONATHAN STROUD Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly. JONATHAN SWIFT Don't set your wit against a child. JONATHAN SWIFT Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with ... JONATHAN SWIFT It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdo... JONATHAN SWIFT Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is ... JONATHAN SCHATTKE Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. JONATHAN SWIFT If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by... JONATHAN KOZOL The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet w... JONATHAN SWIFT Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives. JONATHAN SWIFT Rebukes are easy from our betters, From men of quality and letters; But when low dunces will ... JONATHAN SWIFT What some people invent the rest enlarge. JONATHAN SWIFT All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. JONATHAN SWIFT Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you pleas... JONATHAN SWIFT In church your grandsire cut his throat; to do the job too long he tarried: he should have had my he... JONATHAN SWIFT Better belly burst than good liquor be lost. JONATHAN SWIFT We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same. JONATHAN SWIFT Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the wor... JONATHAN SWIFT Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. JONATHAN SWIFT What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a n... JONATHAN MILLER Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. JONATHAN SWIFT Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar re... JONATHAN RABAN One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish h... JONATHAN SWIFT And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to... JONATHAN SWIFT Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. JONATHAN KOZOL Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same positio... JONATHAN SWIFT The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. JONATHAN SWIFT I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity. JONATHAN MILLER