Nick Laird Quotes

I think all writing is an attempt to complicate and subvert the dominant narrative. Writing personalizes statistics. It puts a face and a name on a number. I suppose in that sense it's always political.

Nick Laird

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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.

Sam Hunt
- Music
- Different
- Want
At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.

Dana Perino
- Team
- Employees
- Teammates
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.

Damon Albarn Blur
- People
- Work
- Real
A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.

Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
- People
- Care
- Human
For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later.

Salma Hayek
- Up
- Work
- Job
The food in south India is the food that I really love because it reminds me of home.

Aarti Sequeira
- Love
- Home
- Food