Edward Hallowell Quotes

No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.

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• I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Learned
  • Dangerous
  • Drive

• I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • People
  • Care
  • Elected

• We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Kids
  • Want
  • Place

• There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • Time
  • God
  • Believe

• I'm mostly vegetarian.

  

  Zuleikha Robinson
  • Vegetarian
  • Mostly

• Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.

  

  Yuna
  • Racism
  • Generations
  • Fairness

• I am not afraid to go to jail.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Afraid
  • Jail

• When I was younger, I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Good
  • Country
  • Myself

• I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • People
  • Happy
  • Want

• My most profound growth as a writer came when I joined an online critique group. What a harrowing, terrifying, wonderful experience that was.

  

  Rae Carson
  • Experience
  • Growth
  • Profound

• I started going to exhibitions in Switzerland when I was 10 or 11. As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Long
  • See
  • Switzerland

• I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Music
  • Know
  • Artist

• When I give I give myself.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Myself
  • Romantic
  • Give

• I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Character
  • Think
  • Acting

• I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • Different
  • Hate
  • Politics

• Where educators are raising and combining their voices, the seeds of positive change have emerged. Collective voice, exercised through the union, is power - the power to drive real change for our kids, families and communities.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Real
  • Kids
  • Power

• I need to be able to be at a gig and just put my bag on the floor and not worry about it being stood on or getting ruined. You want a bag that can go through anything. And a little bit of softness is always lovely. If I don't have a dog, I can just pet my bag!

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Worry
  • Dog
  • Pet

• Triathlon is a sport where the legacy is obvious. Anyone can do it; there are loads you can do. It is a massive participation sport. You can do it as a challenge, for charity or whatever. I believe it will continue to grow, and I will look forward to that happening.

  

  Alistair Brownlee
  • Believe
  • Challenge
  • Charity

• I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants admitted each year.

  

  Jan C. Ting
  • Believe
  • Society

• I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

  

  Larry Bird
  • World
  • American
  • Mean

• I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it in constantly changing 5/4, 7/4 and 11/4 time signatures. I've found a way to make that work.

  

  Brian Stokes Mitchell
  • Time
  • Work
  • Business

• I'm not practising, I don't go to church, but what I got from it was a sense of belonging to something bigger. What I really miss is being forced to be in a community with people that aren't the same as you. Then, you really have to work through the ways that you're different.

  

  Win Butler
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• I love data. I think it's very important to get it right, and I think it's good to question it.

  

  Mary Meeker
  • Good
  • Important
  • Question

• No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.

  

  Edward Hallowell
  • Work
  • Important
  • Done