#thin

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#before #i #i love #i think #just

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable. ↗

— Rita Dove

#country #even #found #i #immensely

The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now. ↗

— Rita Dove

#american dream #different #different people #dream #i

As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#band #good #i #i am #nothing

When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#decision #make #really #something #vocation

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#directing #involved #layers #process #something

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#back #bring #everything #experience #i

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#difficult #fleet #i #i think #make

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#because #better #damn #fit #into

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#basket #college #department #i #into