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Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

When you pretend to be an authority on everything, it forces your subordinates to defer to your opinion - which may not be the most informed in the room. If you have humility concerning the gaps in your experience or ability, it allows others to shine.

Courtney A. Kemp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 4, 1977

Topics

Experience Humility Shine Opinion

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Funny Love Romantic Humanity Worst

After graduation, I took a job with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in software development. I don't think I was there more than a month.

Trust Job Graduation Think Software

We joke a lot about how, in Hollywood, the writer is one step below the doormat. That's not self-loathing. That's true!

Robert Ben Garant

Step True Hollywood Joke Writer How

The great thing about being a producer on a project is that you get to see the ins and outs of every piece of the puzzle. There are so many elements involved in every aspect of a film's development that I don't think the average person is aware of, which is, I guess, why the whole process is referred to as movie magic.

Great Puzzle Think Process Magic

A simple leather jacket... has gotten me through cocktail parties in New York and cold nights in Afghanistan.

Simple New York Me Cold New Jacket

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

Michel de Montaigne

Vanity More Write Obvious Than

I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.

Today I Am Me Debt Forever Made

I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want to do.

Singing Think Know Want Started

I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

Chris Van Allsburg

Art People Think Learn You Skill

I like to travel any chance I get, even if it's just a local vacation to San Diego or Palm Springs or wherever. I just like to get out and do stuff and see the world.

Christa B. Allen

Travel Vacation World Chance See

Braveness, for me, is running into my basement with no socks on. There are huge spiders down there!

Me Down Socks Spiders Basement Huge

When someone wants to freshen up their home a bit, and they don't want to spend a ton of money on construction, I always tell them to start off with paint. A fresh coat can really change the whole look of a home.

Change Home Money Construction Start

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