If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Recitation: by Male by Female
I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy.
Jim Carrey
MotherMeCrazyGoAskSomething
Anytime you get an idea, you need people to help you put it together. That is the beginning of an institution. When you create an institution, levels of authority and boundaries need to be established. If everybody owns it, nobody owns it. If everybody is responsible for it, nobody will be responsible.
Robert H. Schuller
TogetherBeginningPeopleHelpYou
I said tonight I wanted to talk to you about love. Look into your hearts. This is our country. This is our future. These are our children and grandchildren. You can trust Mitt.
Ann Romney
LoveFutureChildrenTrustYouLook
In the many-mansioned house of Alternate History, I occupy a small corner. The trio of what-ifs I chronicled in 'Then Everything Changed' all begin with tiny, highly plausible twists of fate that lead to hugely consequential shifts in history.
Jeff Greenfield
HistorySmallFateHouseLeadBegin
The importance of first-week sales has kind of diminished, in our opinion, in the industry, and we don't really know what it really means anymore. It is what it is in the industry. And for us, it's all about the endgame, not where it begins.
Johnny Christ
OpinionKnowKindSalesIndustryUs
Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.
Steve Jobs
KnowDoneMoreTestsKindsEasier
The best people make mistakes.
Stan Van Gundy
BestMistakesPeopleMake
On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On 'Moonrise Kingdom,' I showed up for one day.
Roman Coppola
DayProcessEvery DayOne DayUp
I always like to put myself under pressure to improve more.
Mohamed Salah
MyselfPressureMoreAlwaysImprove
I was a total sci-fi geek. 'Star Wars' was my ultimate favorite.
Ming-Na Wen
StarGeekFavoriteSci-FiUltimate
It's very hard to persuade a young person who has seen the Great Recession, who has seen all the problems with inequality, to tell them inequality is not important and that markets are always efficient. They'd think you're crazy.
Joseph Stiglitz
GreatCrazyProblemsThinkYouHard
It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well.
Diane Keaton
WomanYouKindTruePlanetWell
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