Andrew Greeley Quotes

I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.

Andrew Greeley

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ResponsibilityMeWorldEnjoySay

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Simon Sinek

HumilityIdeasConfusedOthersNever

Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence from the entrepreneurial mind in the United States.

Masayoshi Son

GoodCultureMindMeThinkAmerican

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Mick Jagger

MeFaceCareLongPageSay

I think there are some things that just cannot be fixed.

Judy Smith

ThinkThingsCannotJustSomeFixed

I'm inspired by many different things. Often, I'm inspired by experiences I've had, books I've read, people I've met, stories I've heard.

Joseph Bruchac

PeopleInspiredExperiencesThings

To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?

David Twohy

ShortReachYouBadRightUp

I have this nook at Milk Bar that's my office, and my desk was just full of every box of Kellogg's cereal, and at different times during the day, I would open up a box, eat a bowl of cereal, and I live in a world of Post-it notes, so I would leave tasting notes on all the cereal.

Christina Tosi

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I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments.

Clara Shih

FamilyChildhoodSchoolLanguage

Being a biochemist, I did a lot of tissue-culture research prior to working at NASA and when I first started working there.

Peggy Whitson

ResearchNASAFirstStartedWorking

The rising cost of prescription drugs has sparked a prairie fire that is spreading across our nation.

Tim Pawlenty

FireNationRisingCostPrairieOur

I am not by any stretch of the imagination a tidy person, and the piles of unread books on the coffee table and by my bed have a plaintive, pleading quality to me - 'Read me, please!'

Linda Grant

CoffeeQualityImaginationI AmMe

Walk, skateboard, bike, car pool, or use mass transit more, and drive less.

Gretchen Bleiler

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