Claire Messud Quotes
I've never been very practical or realistic - I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it?
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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The devil made me do it.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
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In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to figure out how to get to.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time.
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I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
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Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
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Books are humanity in print.
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I am definitely a person who firmly believes in the human touch and in the importance of people.
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The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke.
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'Why do they believe that?''Because we are hackers,' Csongor said, 'and they have seen movies.'
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I've never been very practical or realistic - I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it?
