James Surowiecki Quotes

Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.

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A true entrepreneurial enterprise begins with a big idea - a unique way to solve a customer's problem. Your customer, after all, is the only justification for creating a company in the first place. Without a big, transformational idea, you can't produce a great result for your customer.

Michael Gerber

GreatProblemCustomerResultYou

I never really made a choice to live in America, so I should be aware of the social strata outside of the ones that I may live in.

John Updike

LiveAmericaChoiceNeverOutside

You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else.

Stephen Collins

LifeConfidenceFaithYourselfYou

It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.

Siobhan Fahey

SoundRefreshingSomethingPopLike

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Tryon Edwards

DeathEarlyHeavenWayOverLittle

One of the tenets that makes America so great is that we value the opportunity to have a battle of ideas and to elect the best possible representation of those ideas.

Robert Blaha

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Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of something like the Pulitzers, the jurors often have another goal in mind: sales. They know that the Pulitzer stamp can sell a book.

Michelle Dean

MindBookAmericaGoalKnowAwards

There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity.

Michael Leunig

MusicGreatServiceCharityMoments

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

Johnny Vegas

YourselfYouBackFindLostAirport

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.

Breyten Breytenbach

EnemyDancingBreathStepsCounting

Standup is really the only thing in the entertainment business that you do totally alone.

Brad Garrett

BusinessAloneYouEntertainment

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

Alice Miller

RespectChildParentsHonorLook

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