- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My ex-boyfriend said, 'You have a better chance of getting elected to Congress than getting on the staff of a television show.' Which was the perfect thing for him to say, because my entire career is, 'Well, screw you.' And we broke up.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every hotel room, every apartment we rent, I am sage-ing. And I have crystals that I travel with. It just makes me feel better.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's better for candidates to suggest ideas that are responsible, not ones that are incapable of being executed. People are influenced by what their leaders tell them. And bringing the level of rhetoric down brings the temperature down.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pretty much.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that has happened for me is that whatever came next was better than what I had before.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided they'd borrow a bit more and do even better.
- Not Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It's not perfect - I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions - but it's better than one would expect.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I frequently find after a rehearsal of a performance that I have more breath, and can walk better and climb stairs better than I could before. It's as if I've expanded my lungs doing it. Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020