Kaui Hart Hemmings Quotes

The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

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TruthBestTruth IsFictionWhere

There is no teaching to compare with example.

Robert Powell

TeachingExampleCompare

Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.

Max Cleland

FightingCountryRepublicanSoldier

During the seven years that I worked as a management consultant, I spent a lot of time trying to look older than I was. I became pretty good at furrowing my brow and putting on somber expressions.

Matthew Stewart

GoodTimeManagementTryingLook

I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.

Ann Beattie

LoveMusicCulturePeopleThinkSay

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Miranda Lambert

ChangePeopleReflectSongsLot

I had liver disease. I'm completely cured now, but I thought about if I died from liver cancer, what my life would look like. I followed this wish of being a fiction writer.

Min Jin Lee

LifeThoughtMy LifeWishLookNow

People on Twitter can follow tech if they're interested in tech, or business if they're interested in business, or they can follow celebrities that they're fans of.

Jonah Peretti

BusinessPeopleFollowFansTech

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

Donald Byrd

MyselfGivingBackHeadSomething

Before you can trust your team to make decisions better than you would have, you need to build their capability to connect the dots.

Chris Fussell

TrustTeamBetterDecisionsYou

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

Bob Woodward

WayWatergateSeniorAnonymityHid

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Bruno Dumont

ControlActorInstrumentNeedsThem

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

Susan B. Anthony

TrustWomanEqualityMeLawHelp

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