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Isabel Allende Quotes

I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: chilean
Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

Morning Sky Red Early Write Up

I want a desirable place to work to attract and keep them here. So you try to create an environment for people to do their best work, and be generous on the benefit side.

Work Best People Environment You

I only hope that He will let me preach to those who have never heard that name Jesus. What else is worthwhile in this life? I have heard of nothing better. 'Lord, send me!'

Life Hope Me Name Better Nothing

The first time I had to hold a baby, I was really nervous, but I soon grew in confidence.

Confidence Time Baby Nervous First

If you don't trust the media, they are not going to trust you, and if they don't trust you, it's hard for the public to trust you.

John Hickenlooper

Trust Media You Hard Going Public

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.

Fear Business Criticism You Nothing

With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people.

Character People Interesting Person

In order for the students' development and the outer development of civilization to coincide, we need a faculty whose interest is not limited to specialized educational practices. Rather, this faculty must be fully involved in the broader aspects of life.

Life Civilization Development Need

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mistakes Arrogance Guilty Sometimes

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

Perfection First Demand Themselves

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

World Think Generation You Days Get

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.

Funny Speak Better Enough Down Try

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

Constance Zimmer

Children Best Think Doing You Know

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