quotes about Damsel In Distress

“I know with Gary Ross especially, he kind of gave me pointers here and there, but he kind of let me become firm in any way that I needed, and he just let me try things and to explore what I can do with my acting. So that was very helpful.”

Source : "Comic-Con 2012: 'Hunger Games' Star Willow Shields on Playing Jennifer Lawrence's Sister". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 17, 2012.

“People ask me whether I think that one day I might wake up one morning and run dry, but I've had the opposite feeling - that I would die before I had time to write all the ideas in my drawer.”

“Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“I don't lack confidence. I don't sweat. I don't want to get too Zen on you, but I have to run my own race.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you’re a rich man….”

Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.208, Government Institutes

“In a world that lives like a fist mercy is not more than waking with your hands open.”

“Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.”

“Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me?”

“It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.”

Source : "Beantown Brawl". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2005.

“I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.