Ben Fountain Quotes

Surely it's no coincidence that the Era of the AUMF, the Era of Endless War, is also the Golden Era of the Chickenhawk. We keep electing leaders who, on the most basic experiential level, literally have no idea what they're doing.

Ben Fountain

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WarDoingGoldenCoincidenceLevel

I think that we should all be defined by our work and our results.

Jim Breyer

WorkThinkResultsOurI Think

I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.

Jeremy Hardy

MeThinkSuitsSheepBornOld

Young people can be annoying, let's face it. But they can also be really refreshing to be around and full of enthusiasm.

John C. Reilly

PeopleFaceEnthusiasmYoungFull

I used to work for a non-profit organization where I worked as a mentor and a counselor to first-generation college student and they kept asking me 'What can I read to try to know what I'm about to be in for,' and while I did have some good suggestions, I figured... I don't know that that book is out there, and that's sort of why I had to write it.

Jennine Capó Crucet

WorkGoodCollegeMeOrganization

I'm impatient. Typically people think they know all about change and don't need help. Their approach tends to be more management-oriented than leadership-oriented. It's very frustrating.

John P. Kotter

ChangePeopleThinkHelpKnowNeed

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

John Travolta

LifeNatureMindMy LifePrivacy

Nuclear arms is pretty scary because that could end the world. I'm more interested in that stuff than I am Bill Clinton. I mean, I think Bill Clinton is a good president.

Stephen Dorff

GoodI AmWorldThinkEndMean

There was a lot of dialogue between the people who were developing Flickr and their users to get feedback on how they wanted Flickr to develop. That interaction made the initial community very strong, and then that seed was there for new people who joined to make the community experience strong for them, too.

Stewart Butterfield

CommunityExperiencePeopleSeedNew

I just wanna thank all those amazing Internet bloggers out there that hate me day-to-day. I love you! You rock!

Tori Spelling

LoveI Love YouHateAmazingMeYou

In school, you learn that there are only seven kinds of stories. There's man versus nature, man versus man, man versus himself, blah blah blah. So it doesn't matter what they're called. It's this: do you have a new story that fits into one of those things.

Roberto Orci

NatureManSchoolStoryLearnYou

I kept being told, 'If you really want to build a start up, you have to be in San Francisco,' so I ended up taking out a suitcase. It did occur to me to do it in London but it's very, very difficult to build a start up in London - so I guess I was being lazy.

Ruzwana Bashir

MeStartYouLazyWantBuild

The young people today are the 21st century.

Martin Scorsese

TodayPeopleYoungYoung People

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