LZ Granderson Quotes

Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.

LZ Granderson

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When I write a book, characters come to life for me somewhere at the back of my head. I strive to make them flesh and blood in an abstract way, in words.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LifeWordsMeBookBackWay

When the president decides that he knows better than you know what's good for you or your family, we've got trouble in this country.

John Barrasso

FamilyGoodBetterYouTroubleKnow

Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry.

Maya Angelou

LovePoetryListeningKnowSometimes

I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just ran out of Andy Stern ideas.

Andy Stern

ChangeIdeasWinToo MuchOutJust

I'm playing Premier League, but I'm still very hungry.

Son Heung-min

HungryPlayingStillVeryLeague

When you see me on TV as Stone Cold Steve Austin, that's definitely a part of my personality.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

PersonalityMeColdYouStoneSee

I think, as an industry, we should be supportive of a broad subscription model and not do anything to jeopardize the potential health of the music business - because we're not out of the woods yet.

Troy Carter

BusinessMusicHealthWoodsThink

One of the first things I tell people is, if you want to learn about investing, you want to open an account and make real investments because that's when it becomes real.

Mohnish Pabrai

PeopleLearnYouWantFirstReal

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.

Michael Lewis

SportsBaseballPeopleThinkPresent

I grew up at 16 years old driving trucks across the George Washington Bridge.

Don Sherwood

BridgeDrivingWashingtonOldUp

I had to get beat to understand how to win.

Bob Beamon

WinUnderstandBeatGetHowHad

I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it's representative of Holland, but only a part of it - you know, it's more extreme, there's more happening, it's more liberal and more daring than the countryside in Holland is.

Anton Corbijn

New YorkThinkAmericaYouNewKnow

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