As a kid, I spent a lot of my mental energy hiding who I was and attempting to fit in.
Arca
Recitation: by Male by Female
I don't know Bengali perfectly. I don't know how to write it or even read it. I have an accent, I speak without authority, and so I've always perceived a disjunction between it and me. As a result, I consider my mother tongue, paradoxically, a foreign language.
Jhumpa Lahiri
MotherMeSpeakLanguageResult
When I was managing Cream and the Bee Gees at the same time - when they were playing stadiums all over the world - it was very wearing.
Robert Stigwood
TimeBeeWorldSameOverPlaying
I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.
Ann Curry
PowerPeopleMeSocietyVoiceThink
Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.
Steve Jobs
LifeMoneyIntelligenceViewMy Life
We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.
Shirley Williams
ChildrenCreativityNameRunOutUp
I feel my overall skill set, my ability to make players around me better, and my ability to help my team win is unique.
Trae Young
MeTeamWinBetterFeelHelp
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.
Robert Browning
SleepFightCloudsForwardBetter
I worked for 22 years with Sol Berson.
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
YearsWorked
When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.'
Mary Lynn Rajskub
TodayJobMeYouTableGo
Marylanders have led the nation in adopting a balanced approach to revenues and investments because we know that in order to maintain and build the #1 public schools in the nation, we had to ask everyone to pay their fair share. We need Congress to do the same.
Martin O'Malley
CongressKnowBuildFairNeedPay
Every day I'm thinking about change.
Miuccia Prada
ChangeDayThinkingEvery DayEvery
Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.
Louis XIV
GodYouHimRenderOweRecognize
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