I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the 'pack the kids into the car and run from here to there' out of the equation. Ree Drummond
I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write. Anne McCaffrey
I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music. Derek Jeter
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. Mark Twain
I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there. Wendelin Van Draanen
I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don't know quite how hard it is to stick with, to put in the amount of time and just make the commitment to just sit there every day and do it while everybody else is out having fun. Ted Bell
I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field. Hope Solo
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Joseph Campbell
I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to see where it takes me. Sarah Hughes
I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with what they've got. Phil Niekro
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. Kobe Bryant
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.Kobe Bryant
I'm always very careful to make the distinction between music criticism and music journalism. A lot of people don't. But criticism doesn't require reporting. You can write criticism at home in your underwear. On the other hand, journalism takes legwork - you have to get out there and see things and talk to people. Michael Azerrad
I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places. Tim Ferriss
I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it. Cal Ripken Jr
I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.Gabby Douglas
I've learned that social media and our private lives, you know, our private lives are not so private anymore, so it takes a little bit of getting used to. Jeremy Lin
If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you. Jack L. Chalker