Charissa Thompson (Charissa Jean Thompson) Quotes
I have the best of both worlds. I can talk about Taylor Swift during the day, and at night I can sit in front of the TV and watch Thursday night football. At some point, if the two converge and it becomes one job where I can still talk about both, that would be amazing.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
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I don't mean to be funny.
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Within that awful volume liesThe mystery, of mysteries!
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There is no such thing as success in a bad business.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
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I am grim of mind and wrathful of spirit and I have no desire to be nice to anyone.
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We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?
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At 21, there's lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older.
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"One of the first things I remember is my mum doing the housework to The Supremes. When you hear music like that when you're young, it stays with you."
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Although the insights we can have in meditation tell us nothing about the origins of the universe, they do confirm some well-established truths about the human mind: Our conventional sense of self is an illusion; positive emotions, such as compassion and patience, are teachable skills; and the way we think directly influences our experience of the world.
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I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.
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He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.
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I have the best of both worlds. I can talk about Taylor Swift during the day, and at night I can sit in front of the TV and watch Thursday night football. At some point, if the two converge and it becomes one job where I can still talk about both, that would be amazing.
