Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I was sure that I didn't know everything. People who work with me will tell you I don't think I know everything. I watch people sink around me thinking that they knew everything.

Courtney A. Kemp

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When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.

Jocko Willink

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

Stephen Ambrose

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Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this.

Mary Steenburgen

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And anyway, modeling wasn't for me. I'm too short. I've got a big butt. It wasn't going to happen.

Minka Kelly

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Roasting fish that's encased inside a salt crust is a centuries-old method of ensuring moist, ultra-flavorful flesh.

Jonathan Miles

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It's quantity, not quality.

Dean Ween

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It was as though all my hostilities, anxieties, and conflicts were in one ball that was flying away into space, farther from me all the time, leaving me content with myself.

Bobby Darin

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The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

Bryan Q. Miller

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I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have a successful season, too.

Anna Sui

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Your highs can't be too high, and your lows can't be too low, because you have to pick back up and move on.

Anne Donovan

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I lived in Paris for two years with my family. I would roam the streets of Paris during the day for a few hours in the subway, on the streets, and I listened to the French language, and I got a sense of the rhythm and the melody of the language.

Asghar Farhadi

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