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Maria Semple Quotes

If you're an artist and you're on Twitter, you are doomed to mediocrity.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 21, 1964

Topics

Mediocrity You Artist Twitter Doomed

I'm not great at judging a career. Or planning one.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Great Planning Career Judging

I'm kind of fascinated by this idea that we can surround ourselves with information: we can just pile up data after data after data and arm ourselves with facts and yet still not be able to answer the questions that we have.

Facts Questions Data Information Up

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

Heart Experience Medical I Am Doctor

Whether it's countries or companies, it's about putting the best person in the job who can unite people and create value.

Angela Ahrendts

Best Job Value People Create Person

I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.

Focus Winning Used Perfectionist

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Leadership Opportunity Window Down

My girlfriend doesn't think I'm funny at all.

Funny Think Girlfriend

The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on.

Rupert Penry-Jones

World Reality Go Difficult Ability

My brands are an extension of me. They're close to me. It's not like running GM, where there's no emotional attachment.

Me Emotional Where Close Like GM

Sustained exhaustion is not a rite of passage. It's a mark of stupidity.

Stupidity Exhaustion Mark Passage

Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to have the smallest tonsure that they could get away with. A tonsure that could still be seen, but, I worried about my social life!

Life Bigger Social Seen Social Life

There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.

Great Saying Easy Now Difficult

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