Chang-Rae Lee Quotes

We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions while vigorously ignoring everything else.

Chang-Rae Lee

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Because the private sector has evolved processes and metrics for growth over many generations, for-profit models are more likely to efficiently accomplish their goals.

Joe Lonsdale

GoalsGrowthAccomplishMoreOver

When you look at the world, the world isn't just one palette. It's a beautiful rainbow, and why not have someone to represent that rainbow?

Joan Smalls

BeautifulRainbowWorldSomeoneLook

Pepsi and Coke have to co-exist on the shelf for the long term because if they pull each other down, no one's going to drink carbonated soft drinks anymore.

John Quelch

LongDownDrinkLong TermGoing

Be that self which one truly is.

Soren Kierkegaard

SelfWhichTruly

I'm trying to cut down my cursing.

Solange Knowles

TryingDownCursingCut

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

FreedomSolitudeWineYouWallHead

Having such high-profile parents could be intimidating, but really, they've let me do my own thing and evolve as a person. When I changed my major from economics to film, they were cool about it.

Roshni Nadar

ParentsMeCoolEconomicsPerson

I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like, 'I'll teach you to box.' I started a little bit of boxing, then it crossed over into jiu-jitsu. I was into it for a little while, but then I started doing basketball, baseball, team sports.

Jonathan Lipnicki

SportsBaseballTeamBasketballYou

There was a little less pressure to be fit on 'The Avengers' than 'Captain America.' I had just finished 'Captain America,' so I was already built. Plus, 'Captain America' has that one scene dramatic scene where my transformation is revealed. 'The Avengers' has not one shirtless scene.

Chris Evans

TransformationPressureAmericaWhere

I think there are pros and cons to social networking, but on a social, personal level, it's just not for me.

Colin Morgan

MeNetworkingThinkPersonalLevel

You never sit on your laurels. It is always a case of trying to work on your deficiencies as much as working on your strengths.

Brian O'Driscoll

WorkTryingYouNeverAlwaysSit

German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship.

Suzanne Fields

BusinessDoingRulesBureaucracy

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