Andrew Yan Quotes
In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.
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I realized that you didn't have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn't deter possible suitors.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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I used to be so scared about, 'Oh, I don't want to show my body.' Now that I've shown it, it doesn't bug me about my moles, or 'This isn't big enough' and 'That's not smooth enough.'
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
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Every fictional thing I wrote gave me strength to write another and another. By the end I wasn't remaining true to anything but the story I wanted to tell.
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I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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This is a business of love and labor.
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Asking questions about why I don't want kids is really none of your business, but at least it's a dialogue.
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In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.
