Claire Tomalin Quotes
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.
Claire Tomalin
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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Ed Begley, Jr.
When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
Oprah Winfrey
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
Sam Altman
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Ed Royce
Leaders in an interconnected organization must be comfortable sitting in the middle of a network, not at the top of an org-chart.
Chris Fussell
The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
W. S. Gilbert
Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.
Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Money can be a reflection of our perceptions of power, self-esteem, personal history, fears, and happiness.
Mary Pilon
I just like my independence and freedom to come and go and not have an entourage.
Fred Eychaner
Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.
Claire Tomalin