Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
Donald Rumsfeld
Recitation: by Male by Female
I remember my father banging away on an IBM Selectric in the garage. He wrote his first novels on that machine. I remember its pebbly surface, its cold heft. It made its mark, literally and violently.
Jesse Kellerman
FatherColdRememberFirstMark
My mom and brother are both doctors, and it seems crazy that so many people think science is a mutable idea.
Megan Amram
ScienceBrotherPeopleMomCrazy
My friend's granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men; it happens every day. The more you know, the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen.
Tristan Wilds
LifeFriendOpportunityDayMenMe
I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
Michael Jordan
PositiveWorkHard WorkGoalsHope
I started thinking about how rain is depicted in illustrations. In comics that use gouache or watercolor, they use light blue, so I started using that color.
Lucien Smith
RainLightBlueColorThinkingHow
Nobody just leaves medical school, especially given it's fiercely competitive to get in. But I had a sister who was a doctor, another who was a pharmacist, a brother who was an engineer. So my parents already had sensible children who would be able to make an actual living, and I think they felt comfortable sacrificing their one strange child.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ChildrenMedicalSchoolBrother
As an artist, I think it's important to always keep growing, and I definitely want to keep challenging myself.
Ciara
MyselfThinkArtistGrowingWant
For my grandmother's generation, the big invention was cake mix; for our moms, it was the microwave, and for me, it's the iPhone. And that's enabled us to do so many different things more efficiently at home.
Brit Morin
HomeCakeMeGenerationGrandmother
There isn't an Eskimo who doesn't love 'Columbo.'
Peter Falk
LoveWho
To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'
Shawn Johnson
MyselfThinkingWeaknessBodyBad
Everyone always says my hair smells good, and I really just use Garnier Fructis conditioner.
Nina Agdal
GoodHairAlwaysEveryoneJustSays
I adored my father - I was more attached to him than anyone.
Marisa Berenson
FatherMoreHimThanAttached
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