Charlene Li Quotes

People often say to me, "How come you don't want to be CEO of a company?" And I tell them, "I don't want to." I know I can do it, but I don't enjoy it. Why does that have to be the definition of success?

Charlene Li

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When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.

Madonna Breakfast Club
- Up
- Free
- Hand
I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.

Quentin Blake
- Think
- Balance
- Birds
I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.

Taylor Sheridan
- Trying
- High
- Water
You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

Sam Rayburn
- Up
- Truth
- Remember
After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.

P. J. O'Rourke
- God
- Events
- Europe
Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.

Rahm Emanuel
- Kind
- Doing
- Pressure