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Junot Diaz Quotes

Books don't live and die by awards. You don't listen to an Hector Lavoe album because it won some awards.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 31, 1968

Topics

Live Die You Listen Awards Because

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who would name himself Meat Loaf couldn't have an IQ higher than four.

Myself People Think Name You Know

With Ikea Group ownership, TaskRabbit could realize even greater opportunities: increasing earning potential of Taskers and connecting consumers to a wide range of affordable services.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Opportunities Potential Ownership

We want transportation as reliable as running water.

Travis Kalanick

Water Transportation Want Reliable

You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.

Life Politics Political Talking You

For the scientists, they're kind of puzzled and pleased that somebody finds their work interesting. It makes it fun for me. I feel like I've sort of turned over a stone that hasn't been turned over.

Work Fun Me Feel Interesting Stone

I'm an avid animal lover. When I was 16, I wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper. I grew up with animals. At one time we had between five and eight dogs in the house, with four cats. We're menagerie people.

Misty May-Treanor

Time Cats Animal People House Dogs

It's really important for all of us to understand that healthy trade relationships between the U.S. and China are important.

Dennis Muilenburg

Healthy Important Understand China

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

Me Think Self Friends Down Know

When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.

People Consistency Motivation Look

To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio.

Arturo Toscanini

Struggle Me Con Some Napoleon

I would like to express the thoughts of a man who, having finally penetrated the partitions and ceilings of little countries, little coteries, little sects, rises above all these categories and finds himself a child and citizen of the Earth.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Man Child Thoughts Earth Citizen

The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.

Good Doing Doing Good Creation Root

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