Margaret Mahy Quotes

Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act.

Margaret Mahy

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MeWritingReadingBe DifferentMore

If you're going to wake up early all the time, and you're working hard, and you're working out, sometimes you're going to get tired. It's OK. It's acceptable - somewhat. We're all human, unfortunately.

Jocko Willink

TimeTiredWake UpYouEarlyHard

You happily give Facebook terabytes of structured data about yourself, content with the implicit tradeoff that Facebook is going to give you a social service that makes your life better.

John Battelle

LifeServiceYourselfBetterData

Non-profits should be looking to enlist and retain the best people to aggressively solve problems, not to perform adequately and persist. We should expect people to innovate and do the highest-quality work and then reward them accordingly.

Andrew Yang

WorkBestPeopleLookingProblems

I cannot separate my achievements from what can be considered as the achievements of the ruling party.

Meles Zenawi

PartyCannotRulingSeparate

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

Stephen Gardiner

ManCaveFrameLeads

Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.

Rod Stewart

BeautyFastThingsFast CarsLike

The big fish run the show. I'm a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous.

Roberto Cavalli

SmallFishRunBigShowMiddle

Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven.

Ronan Farrow

LifeWorkGovernmentMindMeLegal

I have a class prejudice - against the upper class, which is foolish.

Miriam Margolyes

ClassPrejudiceFoolishAgainst

When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.

Jason Mraz

HealingSongThriveDownWantWrite

I think whether it's a good idea or not to take the startup plunge comes down to the responsibilities of the individual. If you have a family to care for or a huge mortgage payment, then quitting your steady day job to launch a startup probably isn't the best decision to make.

Chieh Huang

FamilyGoodDecisionBestDayJob

Much has been written about the life of the mind.

Annie Dillard

LifeMindBeenMuchAboutWritten

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