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David Whyte Quotes

We speak continually of saving time, but time in its richness is most often lost to us when we are busy without relief.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: 1955

Topics

Time Speak Busy Lost Without Us

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

Angela Duckworth

Life Focus Achievement Thinking Care

Yes, 'Spider-Man' has had an infinite capacity to trouble and disappoint. But it's also been the greatest triumph of my entire career.

Career Trouble Infinite Triumph Yes

Especially in the whip operation, you're in constant contact with the members and their chiefs of staff, so having a chief who's approachable and reaches out to other chiefs so people know what's going - know what they're looking for in the policy that comes to the House floor - is incredibly important.

People Looking You House Know Out

Despite constant vilifying by the media and congressional threats to take away the tools needed to uncover plots, FBI agents and CIA officers work silently around the clock and risk their own lives to keep us safe.

Work Tools Media Risk Clock Own

I will support the Republican nominee. I don't think that's going to be Donald Trump. My party has historically nominated someone who's a mainstream conservative.

Support Think Someone Party Will

I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.

Career Never Kid Broadcasting Even

I started Shutterstock out of my own need. I'd previously created a few software companies, and each time, I struggled to find affordable images to use on my websites.

Time Find My Own Websites Need Out

Some people think that all you do is record, and it's not the case. You take on other projects as well, and you have to live a little bit because it inspires your work.

Work Live People Think You Little

My music translates again and again to younger generations of players because I broke all the rules, and they can break all the rules now, too.

Music Rules Now Break Because Broke

When you tell your kids they can be anything, you've got to be careful. I told my kids that, and I ended up with a music producer and an interior designer. But they're doing it.

Music Doing You Be Careful Anything

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

Writing Army Hobby Now

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.

Business Think You Know Actor Kid

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