Quotes from authors born on August 2nd Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned. Bill Scott criticalfacegame share on social I'm always saying I won't get involved with an actor again, but then I realize how silly that is. The men I meet most often are actors. Kathryn Harrold actorinvolveman Change image and share on social It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won. Kevin Smith dreamhavepay Change image and share on social My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do. Nadia Bjorlin fatherinspiremusic Change image and share on social People tend to think about God more when the clock starts to wind down. Charles Roven clockgodpeople Change image and share on social Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel. Rose Tremain beingdrawfraction share on social Quotes from authors died on August 2nd For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. Raymond Carver daddayforeman share on social When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell closedoorlong Change image and share on social At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. Norman Maclean clearcompletecompletely Change image and share on social All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault. Paul von Hindenburg assaultbodyclear Change image and share on social While in medical school, I was drafted into the U.S. Army with the other medical students as part of the wartime training program, and naturalized American citizen in 1943. I greatly enjoyed my medical studies, which at the Medical College of Virginia were very clinically oriented. Baruj Benacerraf americanarmycitizen share on social I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper. John Keegan airlineraltogethercrash Change image and share on social
Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned. Bill Scott criticalfacegame share on social
I'm always saying I won't get involved with an actor again, but then I realize how silly that is. The men I meet most often are actors. Kathryn Harrold actorinvolveman Change image and share on social
It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won. Kevin Smith dreamhavepay Change image and share on social
My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do. Nadia Bjorlin fatherinspiremusic Change image and share on social
People tend to think about God more when the clock starts to wind down. Charles Roven clockgodpeople Change image and share on social
Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel. Rose Tremain beingdrawfraction share on social
For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. Raymond Carver daddayforeman share on social
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell closedoorlong Change image and share on social
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. Norman Maclean clearcompletecompletely Change image and share on social
All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault. Paul von Hindenburg assaultbodyclear Change image and share on social
While in medical school, I was drafted into the U.S. Army with the other medical students as part of the wartime training program, and naturalized American citizen in 1943. I greatly enjoyed my medical studies, which at the Medical College of Virginia were very clinically oriented. Baruj Benacerraf americanarmycitizen share on social
I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper. John Keegan airlineraltogethercrash Change image and share on social
