Ann Makosinski Quotes
I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.
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I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I'm not really human.
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The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.
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Everyone has a different life story. Things happen rapidly for someone, and things move slowly for others.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art.
