Nathan Adrian Quotes

My priorities are still competing and achieving at the highest level, certainly. But to take a deep breath, or to try to enjoy the company of those around me, that's something that I'm trying to be aware of as much as possible.

Nathan Adrian

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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.

Damon Galgut
Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.

Umberto Eco
- Truth
- Passion
- Laugh
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

Dan Brown
- Different
- Writing
- Trying
Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.

Salman Rushdie
- Book
- Sometimes
- Finish
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.

Vernon Jordan
- Goals
- Diversity
- Sales
When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.

Taylor Swift
- People
- Tears
- Walk