#chin

In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point. ↗

— John Sexton

#ansel #asking #california #call #coming

I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot of stuff. I don't know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I'll tell you, he wasn't bad. ↗

— Garry Shandling

#anything #bad #convince #done #had

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever. ↗

— Ron Silver

#activity #area #because #before #chinese

58% of the American public are with us. We're preaching to the choir, but the choir's not singing, if all of the 58% started singing, this war would end. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#american public #choir #end #preaching #public

If you don't receive love from the ones who are meant to love you, you will never stop looking for it. ↗

— Robert Goolrick

#love #sad #searching #unrequited-love #life

I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#action #always #attitudes #authenticity #based

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. ↗

— Hu Shih

#began #chinese #chinese people #contacts #country

Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. ↗

— David K. Shipler

#doing #dramatic #drawn #eye #flourishes

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation. ↗

— James Sinegal

#also #anyways #business #does #every

Try not to be in a hurry to get older because youth happens once in your life. Thereafter, old age stays with you forever. ↗

— Chris Jirika

#goal-setting-tips #inspirational #life-coaching #mentoring #motivational