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Annie Dillard Quotes

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: April 30, 1945

Topics

Imagination Memory View Dark Meet

The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter abolition of boxing in the interests of humanity, at once disappear when the contestants cover their hands with large, soft-leather gloves.

John Boyle O'Reilly

Fight Lips Hands Humanity Boxing

One of the best ways to see tree flowers is to climb one of the tallest trees and to get into close, tingling touch with them, and then look broad.

Best Tree Flowers Climb Trees Look

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.

Michael Bloomberg

Path Me Advice Down Always Almost

If I ask for money, all I get is advice. But if I ask for advice, I end up getting money.

Money End Advice Ask Up Get

In bad times, the rich usually get richer.

Rich Bad Bad Times Get Times Richer

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Robin S. Sharma

Work Leadership Passion Influence

I've been with Shakespeare all my life.

Life My Life Been Shakespeare

With honest discussion, free speech, let people's voices be heard.

People Free Speech Discussion Honest

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

Myself Tree Soul I Am Survive Soon

I had a lovely time growing up.

Michael Kiwanuka

Time Growing Up Growing Lovely Up

You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content.

Good People Story You Will Matter

Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you.

Someone You Play Far Away Sometimes

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