In so many things, growth comes from adversity.
Michael Huffington
Recitation: by Male by Female
I like to shock people.
Jo Brand
PeopleLikeShock
There are a lot of writers who find a groove and spend a career mining that vein. I seem to be exactly the opposite.
Jennifer Egan
CareerFindSeemMiningOpposite
Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
Sophocles
KindnessEver
You know how much money I could have made playing professional football as a tight end? But I can't jump, and I can't run fast. That was my problem.
Stone Cold Steve Austin
MoneyFootballEndProblemYouRun
Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.
Tom Waits
MusicInvolvedAwkwardHeavyLifting
What I like best is the challenge of learning something I didn't know how to do, going beyond my comfort level.
Ruth Reichl
LearningChallengeBestComfortKnow
The scientific community should work as hard as possible to address major issues that affect our everyday lives such as climate change, infectious diseases and counterterrorism; in particular, 'clean energy' research deserves far higher priority. And science and technology are the prime routes to tackling these issues.
Martin Rees
WorkChangeTechnologyCommunity
I do know what it's like to be an outsider.
Milana Vayntrub
KnowOutsiderLike
Instagram, Swiffer, and Nest had to compete with consumer habits and perceptions. Breakout products face competition from the formidable inertia powering the status quo.
Jay Samit
CompetitionFaceStatus QuoNest
Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we're rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the flame catches and a new idea sweeps around the world.
Jonah Lehrer
CreativityTogetherWorldFlameNew
You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.
Devin Druid
PeopleThinkFeelLearnYouTrouble
Out here, everything is bigger. You see strange things, and that changes you.
Art Bell
YouStrangeChangesEverythingSee
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