It is my drawback that I am not manipulative and this trait doesn’t work in the industry. People in the industry are very manipulative. For me, I will say it if I don’t like, and I don’t know how to butter people. Even Salman Khan is like that, he is very straightforward and not manipulative at all. Daisy Shah Read Quote
I like to do books in which a lot of the research and the writing and the thinking revolves around something American. Bill Bryson Read Quote
One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it’s in places where it makes no sense at all. Ursus Wehrli Read Quote
Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, ‘Hey, you’re in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you’re in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don’t want frank assessments.’ I think the opposite is the case. H. R. McMaster Read Quote
Not every script that rolls in is ready to shoot. Few are, actually. So you go back and work on the thing. Kathleen Kennedy Read Quote
I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That’s hard for me to believe. And it’s hard for me to believe that my parents’ passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does. Chris Lane Read Quote
Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don’t realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years. Andrea Riseborough Read Quote
All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food. Lidia Bastianich Read Quote
People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well. George Matthew Adams Read Quote
