#getting

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#again #apple #beginner #being #best

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#else #find #getting #having #head

The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape. ↗

— Allen Johnson

#again #back #come #get #getting

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh. ↗

— Kristen Johnston

#getting #gorgeous #laugh #little #making

You know what you are getting into, but being out in that heat for two weeks definitely drains your energy. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#definitely #drains #energy #getting #heat

It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older. ↗

— Davy Jones

#getting #getting older #got #into #older

I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues. ↗

— Tim Vine

#getting #i #kind #like #means

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. ↗

— Erica Jong

#became #even #first #getting #i

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. ↗

— Erica Jong

#actually #bad #enough #friends #getting

The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves, and what to be afraid of. It's about a girl learning that the world of sensuality and the unknown is not to be feared, that it's worth getting your teeth into. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#afraid #company #feared #getting #girl