Anna Quindlen Quotes

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.

Anna Quindlen

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TrustIgnoranceYourselfIdeasThink

My relationships are helped because of all the success I've had, but I'm only as useful as the idea I have today or tomorrow. Otherwise, I'm just a trophy.

Jimmy Iovine

SuccessTodayTomorrowRelationships

Girls need to be strong and know how to stand up for themselves. Definitely having friends is a big part of it, so that they can help you through that, and a strong family.

Jenna Boyd

FamilyBe StrongStand UpStrongYou

Has anyone ever said, 'I wish I could go to more meetings today'?

Matt Mullenweg

TodayMeetingsWishGoSaidMore

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Ambrose Bierce

PerseveranceSuccessMediocrityLowly

It's what you do every time. You isolate what you know, and you create a mental image of what you're doing. Every time you speak you don't have to think about it. Words come out of your mouth based on what you know. That's the same job every time.

Robert Forster

TimeJobWordsSpeakThinkDoing

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Jean Baudrillard

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Gamers have this tendency to turn games into mathematical equations, breaking them into lists of components like 'presentation' and 'mechanics' and judging each one on its own merits.

Jason Schreier

JudgingGamesPresentationTurnOwn

I love Tom Wilkinson and Tommy Lee Jones as well as Jessica Chastain. But the person I look up to most, not because I identify with her roles but because of who she is as a person, is Sissy Spacek.

Jordan Gavaris

LoveLookPersonSheUpHer

Do not be deceived by impostors.

Clayton M. Christensen

Deceived

I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional.

Prince Charles

ThoughtProfessionalAnythingExist

It was clear to me from the start that I would need to combine both a medical degree with a research qualification, to keep at the cutting edge of medical science and technology.

Susan Lim

TechnologyScienceMedicalResearch

You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.

Paula Radcliffe

Be StrongYourselfStrongYouTrue

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