Mary Roach I’ve read plenty of amazing science pieces where the writers don’t hang out in labs. I just have fun doing it. And I get rewarded for it; I get gushy, especially when kids tell me they expected to be bored by my books, but weren’t. – Mary Roach Amazing Quotes Books Quotes Bored Quotes Expected Quotes Fun Quotes Gushy Quotes Hang Quotes Kids Quotes Labs Quotes Pieces Quotes Plenty Quotes Read Quotes Rewarded Quotes Science Quotes Writers Quotes I don’t write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in ‘Stiff,’ I wanted to change people’s hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that. For the scientists, they’re kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I’ve sort of turned over a stone that hasn’t been turned over.
Steve Tisch My father was a guy who, because of the businesses he was in – the hotel business, the hospitality business – he didn’t differentiate between the waiter serving you dinner, from the maitre d from the guy who owns a restaurant. Everybody was the same to him. He didn’t look at who you were. He didn’t look at your wallet. – Steve Tisch
Nancy McKeon Actually I’ve never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts. – Nancy McKeon
Charles Horton CooleyImagination If we divine a discrepancy between a man’s words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted. – Charles Horton Cooley
Israel Horovitz If work isn’t rooted in comedy, people will turn from it, or they’ll use it like soap opera. – Israel Horovitz
Carly Patterson Well, it’s still another two-day competition, so it’s really important to show that you’re ready. Every meet is really important right now. You’ve got to keep showing you can hit. – Carly Patterson
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