Walter Isaacson Quotes

And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.

Walter Isaacson

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I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer.

Max Weinberg

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I only see clearly what I remember.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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I'm far more relaxed with German. I'm a control freak. I like to know exactly who's saying and doing what.

Michael Haneke

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Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.

Martina Hingis

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The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

Mary Antin

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When I wrote those first songs for the Truckers, songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day,' those were strong songs, very strong songs. But had I been in the position of writing an entire album at that point in time, I don't think the whole album would have been of that kind of quality.

Jason Isbell

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Everything you write makes you better. But if you really need a tip, here's one: a good story begins in opposition to its ending. That means you work out how it finishes first, and then begin the story as far away from that point - in terms of character development - as you can.

Chris Wooding

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Work at a place like Google for awhile: if you do an interview and you say all the right things, no one really cares. But the day you say the wrong sentence, it's attributed to 'Senior Google Executive,' and the stock moves, and everybody hates you.

Chris Sacca

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I've seen every episode of 'Seinfeld.'

Colleen Ballinger

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I have a tattoo that I got in Memphis, and another I got in Dayton.

Colin Donnell

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Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

Wilma Mankiller

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The American people expect their leaders to condemn white supremacy in unambiguous terms. President Trump not only failed at condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis, he stood up for them - for that, he must be censured.

Pramila Jayapal

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