Daniel H. Pink Quotes

One of the things is, in the writing process, if you do it enough, you have a sense of where you are. I didn't have that with the first book as I was writing it. Now, as I write books, I have a sense of where I am. Unfortunately, the sense of where I am is usually behind.

Daniel H. Pink

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I AmWritingBookProcessEnough

I love a lot of the '70s singers: Pam Grier from the 'Foxy Brown' movie, Diana Ross, Tina Turner. They've always been able to embrace their hair, and they've never been afraid to take risks and go all out and make it thick and fun and a statement at the same time.

Jillian Hervey

LoveTimeFunRisksHairGo

If there's two things I will never do, it would be grow a beard and pick up the uke again.

Jens Lekman

BeardGrowWillNeverTwoUp

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

John Major

PeaceMindPresidentWhateverPretty

On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room.

Robert Musil

PeopleWorldRealTwo PeopleTurn

Some people think it's a reality that black fathers don't take care of their children, but that's not true.

Sinbad

ChildrenPeopleBlackThinkReality

Dad never understood why Ridley wanted to go to art school, and then I came along six years later and wanted to do the same thing.

Tony Scott

ArtSchoolGoWhyNeverSame

Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap.

Robert Casey

LifeEnvironmentAbortionCountry

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with.

Michael Tilson Thomas

WorkTimeBestChanceColleagues

I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.

Luis Alberto Urrea

FamilyRacismIdentityBelieveSaid

While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved.

Donald A. Wollheim

ControlProblemSolarSystemMay

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

Jonny Wilkinson

PerfectionPrettyPursuitAware

Getting a beginner publishing deal really helped me gain the skills. I just kept writing and writing. You just take everything out of life and turn it into an idea or a melody or a song and find the best writers you can to write with that fit you and know what you want to do.

Jon Pardi

LifeBestMeWritingSongYou

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