Andrea Hirata Quotes

As a writer, I can't really take days off. Writing is like creating an art. Once you stop writing, you can lose your rhythm and context, meaning that your writing may lose its power.

Andrea Hirata

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PowerArtWritingMeaningYouLose

The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing.

Jerry Saltz

WorkGoodArtCreateSometimesTwo

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

JobPeoplePersonUnderstandNeed

Good social media is authentic. What makes social media work is actually having something to say.

Steven Levitt

WorkGoodSocial MediaMediaSay

The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies.

Tom Frieden

ProgressTeenRealityAmericanMade

Particularly with internships, you have to work for a year with no money. How on Earth are you going to finance that?

Rob James-Collier

WorkMoneyFinanceYearYouEarth

You could take the Internet enthusiasm that was happening in 1999 and 2000 here in the U.S., and in China it was three-to-five times more ebullient.

Mary Meeker

InternetEnthusiasmYouMoreChina

I learned to drive when I was 35. I'm driving like an old lady and very close to the wheel. I don't take many risks, and when people yell at me I say 'sorry, sorry, sorry!' I don't have road rage yet.

Michel Gondry

RisksPeopleMeDriveSorryRoad

Think of Donald Trump's personal qualities, the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third-grade theatrics. We have long referred to him as 'The Donald.' He is the only person in America to whom we have added an article before his name. It wasn't because he had attributes we admired.

Mitt Romney

BullyingThinkNameGreedAmerica

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.

Josh Billings

WomenMenLostGotMourn

A novel is utterly your own creation, a very private process. I think of a novel as a noun and a screenplay as a verb. In a novel, very little needs to happen; you can explore a person's memories and thoughts and fantasies. In a screenplay, it's all action; you must push the story on.

Deborah Moggach

MemoriesThoughtsActionStoryThink

I seem to get totally wrapped up in teaching and working with students during the school year. During the summer, I try to spend time in the real world, writing code for therapy and perhaps for some useful purpose.

Brian Kernighan

TimePurposeSchoolWritingWorld

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

Brad Henry

GovernmentPeopleDutyProtect

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