Mitch Albom Quotes

I seem to have very few casual readers, only passionate and appreciative ones.

Mitch Albom

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I started writing stories at a young age, but not once did it occur to me that I could grow up to be a writer. Who could I look to? My favorite authors were Ann M. Martin and E.L. Konigsburg and Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Lois Lowry and Norma Klein. They were all white women, and they seemed so stately to me, so elegant. A whole world away.

Jenny Han

WomenAgeMeWritingWorldGrow

Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.

Andrew J. Bernstein

ThoughtsBelieveNegativeChoose

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

John Lydon

FearDayDieGoEatStage

There's no way to describe what I do. It's just me.

Andy Kaufman

MeWayJustDescribe

She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.

Michael Arlen

WorstSheOnlyHappensMakes

Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community.

Simon Mainwaring

TechnologyCommunityServiceMedia

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

Robert Anton Wilson

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I've seen racism in my audiences. For example, I've seen people laugh at every other group, but then clam up when it comes to their community. You can't laugh at everyone else and then not laugh at yourself. You shouldn't be at my show if you can't laugh at yourself.

Russell Peters

CommunityRacismYourselfPeopleYou

I think that somewhere deep inside of me, I feel, if it's not something I believe in, then I probably won't be very good at it. And I have a fear of that. Not that I'm good in everything, but I try.

William Fichtner

GoodFearMeBelieveDeepThink

Supposedly, going to war initiates you into this gnostic priesthood of people who've had a liminal experience forever separating them from civilians. Except... you go there, and it is what it is. A form of human activity as varied as any other.

Phil Klay

ExperienceWarPeopleYouGoHuman

We all want our border to be secure. However, certain individuals use this argument to stop us from ever enacting immigration reform.

Pete Gallego

BorderImmigrationArgumentStopUs

And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that's a failure of Parliament.

Tom A. Watson

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