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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Hidden in a long text, there are perhaps three lines that count.
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I'm not as smart or talented as anyone around me. But they like me.
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The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.
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I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know why he wouldn't release his records.
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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?
