Oddly, for a book to do well merely because people like it is surprisingly rare.
Lionel Shriver
Recitation: by Male by Female
When you're doing that you lose your focus on the discipline of the business, and how you train people at Hamburger University, and everybody gets on a bigger, different vision, and they're not on the same page.
Jim Cantalupo
BusinessVisionDisciplineFocusYou
In 'The Purity Myth,' I not only discuss what the purity myth is and reveal its consequences for women, but also outline a new way for us to think about young women as moral actors, one that doesn't include their bodies.
Jessica Valenti
WomenThinkConsequencesMoralYoung
Rap is definitely a youthful expression.
Mekhi Phifer
RapExpressionYouthfulDefinitely
But we should be mindful as we argue about our differences that so much more unites than divides us. We should also note that our differences, when compared with those in many, if not most, other countries, are smaller than we sometimes imagine them to be.
John McCain
DifferencesSometimesMoreImagine
This great question of predestination and free will, of free moral agency and accountability, and being saved by the grace of God, and damned for the glory of God, have occupied the mind of what we call the civilized world for many centuries.
Robert Green Ingersoll
GodGreatMindGraceWorldFree
I think the astronaut job is the best job in the world. I realized when I was older and started applying for it that it's a pretty cool job.
Michael J. Massimino
BestJobCoolWorldThinkPretty
Suicide was such a formative band for me, so influential in the development of my taste. They're one of those bands that operated in absolute isolation for so long that they developed a completely unique world view.
Steve Albini
MeWorldIsolationViewSuicide
Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
Tony Wilson
GoodSpecialChemistryBandOwn
For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest. If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active and informed engagement of every citizen.
Rory Stewart
DemocracyMediaCitizenActive
When I look at jobs, one of the most relevant questions I ask is, 'Is this something I've done before, or is it a chance to experience a new context, tone and relationship?' I also ask if it's a story worth telling and a character with a reason to exist... someone who reflects the human condition.
Rose McIver
CharacterRelationshipExperienceNew
Detroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse.
Joyce Carol Oates
GreatI AmMeBetterPersonDetroit
The very foundation of our democracy depends on the integrity of our elections.
Brad Schneider
IntegrityDemocracyFoundationOur
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Lionel Shriver