Meghan Daum Quotes

I think people seem to want to read pieces that are shorter but not as short as the pieces they can read in small bites on the Internet. It may be that the sort of long essays are hitting a sweet spot between the tiny morsels online and the full-length book.

Meghan Daum

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PeopleSweetSmallBookThinkShort

It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?

Jens Martin Skibsted

ServicePeopleWorldBelievePrice

I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun. But I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.

John Darnielle

LoveBestFunCityWorldSmall

I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I'll just get melodic ideas, and then I'll go home and sit down and add the lyrics. Or sometimes I'll get a lyric idea that I love. Usually it's pretty combined. Usually I get some kind of a lyrical concept and a melody and work with that.

Melora Hardin

WorkLoveHomeIdeasDownSometimes

Kotter International is about leading large-scale change, not just managing it.

John P. Kotter

ChangeLeadingJustInternational

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud... He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

Steve Sabol

SnowHeartFootballNameMagicNow

Despite the frequent use of coal miners as a potent political symbol, coal jobs are disappearing - and they're not coming back.

Tom Steyer

PoliticalBackComingMinersPotent

Annika has the type of game I want to work on. She's just so consistent. Hopefully I'll be like that one day.

Michelle Wie

WorkDayGameWantOne DayShe

I find that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works.

Louise L. Hay

LifeLoveFindAcceptEverything

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.

Drew Bledsoe

WorkInvestmentTopEmotionalGet

I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

Brian Austin Green

HistoryRestGoMoviesPilotHills

In Mongolia, the nomads always told me that wolves were the most dangerous things on the steppe, and I didn't believe them at first.

Tim Cope

MeWolvesBelieveDangerousFirst

We face fear many times a day, in many ways, and usually we turn away from it. It often hides itself behind laziness and complacency, which are its shadows and aliases. We accept the things-as-they-are world in which we are comfortable.

Rick Tumlinson

FearDayComplacencyWorldFace

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