Mary H.K. Choi Quotes

For my first job interview out of college, I wore a cream-colored cotton suit with cap sleeves and an inverted box pleat skirt that was appropriate for the late-August heat - and wildly discordant with the Red Hook offices of the graffiti magazine I had called twice to find.

Mary H.K. Choi

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JobRedCollegeFindCapHeat

The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller and smaller. But then again, you have the Internet, so anybody who has music can get it out there.

Joey McIntyre

BusinessMusicInternetYouThree

Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that.

Andrew Mason

ChangeTimeChange The WorldWorld

For me, electronic music is the classical music of the 21st century.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicMeClassical Music21st Century

If we create a generation of men who aren't getting an education, that's bad for women.

Michael Gurian

EducationWomenMenGenerationBad

If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.

John Tesh

EducationJobNew YorkCitySurvive

No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence.

Steve Irwin

AmericaViolenceYouGoMatterTurn

Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless kids to work off steam; more than a way for chubby kids to burn off calories; more than a frivolous luxury.

Robin Marantz Henig

WorkViewLuxuryPlayBurnWay

I'd never bought a bottle of cologne in my life, never dabbled in Drakkar Noir before the big high school date or Polo before the prom.

Michael Paterniti

LifeSchoolHigh SchoolMy LifeHigh

For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.

Lucy Lawless

LifeHopeTimeDo The Right Thing

Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

Jasper Fforde

GoodWritingWantGood WritingOnly

I always thought once you get your contract, I think that's when the accolades and all that stuff comes.

Chris Harris, Jr.

ThinkThoughtYouAlwaysContract

I liked the idea of being from 'somewhere else.' I do think that's inherited. My father never had a fixed sense of where home was, and for my sister and me, it is much easier not to belong than to belong.

Claire Messud

FatherHomeMeSisterThinkNever

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