Abigail Johnson Quotes

No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done. Every day, you get up and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.

Abigail Johnson

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To him who is in fear everything rustles.

Sophocles

FearHimEverythingWho

My diabetes is such a central part of my life... it did teach me discipline... it also taught me about moderation... I've trained myself to be super-vigilant... because I feel better when I am in control.

Sonia Sotomayor

LifeMyselfDisciplineI AmControl

What happens is, you write a spec, people get it, they see your writing, they see you're good, they bring you into their office, and they say, 'Boy, that spec was really good - we'll never make that in a million years. We have rights to the board game of Monopoly. What do you think about a Monopoly movie?'

Robert Ben Garant

GoodPeopleWritingGameThinkYou

I want to make sure I'm climbing because there's no back-up. No one in my family has a house, and, regardless of your background, if someone has a house, that means you can always come back home. When you don't have that, it's like there isn't anywhere to stand, so you have to keep jumping.

Michaela Coel

FamilyHomeStandSomeoneYouHouse

When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home.

Jasper Fforde

HomePeopleYouPersonTwo People

I'm surprised how many commercials and sitcoms and movies have a need for, 'We just need something to come by the camera that's really weird.' They call Doug Jones.

Doug Jones

WeirdCameraMoviesNeedSomething

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

Brian Eno

KnowledgeBetterInterestingYou

I like watching baseball on TV. I love watching all the sports.

Bradley Steven Perry

LoveSportsBaseballWatchingLike

I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.

Aubrey Plaza

ChallengePeopleAmazingFreeThink

It's my job to motivate the audience to believe. I have to get them to suspend their judgment in favor of involvement.

Sydney Pollack

JobBelieveMotivateJudgmentGet

When the word 'nostalgia' was coined in the 18th century, it was used to describe a pathology - not so much a sense of lost time, but a severe homesickness.

Nicole Krauss

TimeNostalgiaLostUsedSenseWord

I've known about hip-hop for a long time. The first time it intrigued me was when I saw this music video by Tyga on television. I was intrigued by the whole aesthetic. It was very unique.

Rich Brian

MusicTimeMeAestheticLongUnique

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