Susan Orlean Quotes

There was a time when I kept track of it all; when my mind worked like a giant lint brush being swept over the fuzzy surface of popular culture. But these days, pop culture seems to have gotten fuzzier and fuzzier; notoriety comes and goes in the snap of a finger.

Susan Orlean

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TimeCultureMindOverDaysSurface

The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.

Maynard Webb

PathGreatAchievementTeamYou

Centrism is bogus.

Robert Reich

Bogus

Some people will lie to you because they mean to. Others will do it to tell you what you want to hear.

Robert Herjavec

LiePeopleYouWantWillMean

I think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.

Merle Haggard

FamilyCreativityProudThinkNew

Woody Allen - legally, ethically, personally - was absolutely a father in our family.

Ronan Farrow

FamilyFatherAbsolutelyPersonally

Somebody once said to me, 'If you want to be understood, don't write fiction.'

Mary Gaitskill

MeYouSaidWantWriteFiction

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.

Mike Johanns

SupportProcessDecisionsThoughtful

A new car is not going to change your life.

Monica Ali

LifeChangeCarNew CarNewGoing

I am a twin, but my brother and I aren't identical, so it's not such a big deal. But when you share bunk beds and birthdays and a womb with someone, you have a special connection. It definitely feels different from the relationship I have with my other siblings - my twin and I are more connected. Jacob is a conservationist.

Joseph Fiennes

RelationshipI AmBrotherSomeone

I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

BusinessGovernmentPlanPartyKnow

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

Dennis Moore

HopePeopleMeYouSaidWashington

Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.

Bow Wow

LifeDayYouLife ChangesNothing

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