Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) Irish novelist
On having her first book rejected again and again. bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19057922
What I've Learned
Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) Irish novelist
On having her first book rejected again and again. bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19057922
“Ya listen to me, you'll go to the top! You don't listen to me, you're never heard from again!”
Bobby Heenan (1944–2017) American professional wrestler, professional wrestling commentator and manager
Source: World Wrestling Federation (1984-1993)
Grace Hopper (1906–1992) American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
Grace Hopper on Late Night with David Letterman (2 October 1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ <br class="br">Context: There's something you learn in your first boot-camp, or training camp: If they put you down somewhere with nothing to do, go to sleep — you don't know when you'll get any more.
Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Tim Gunn (1953) American actor and fashion consultant
Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work
“I never thought about going up…I don't know, don't you think that must mean something?”
Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971) Socialite, actress, model
Describing a dream to Chuck Wein
Edie : Girl On Fire (2006)
Context: It's like my having to walk down thousands and thousands of white marble stairs... and nothing but a very very blue sky, very blue, like... Yes, and I'd have to walk down them forever. I never thought about going up... I don't know, don't you think that must mean something? It never occurred to me to turn it around, I mean, why didn't I think that way? This was after I had the car accident.