You can’t wait for someone to discover you; you have to just get on and do it. Have confidence that directing is a very suitable job for a woman – with our gift for collaboration, listening, and reading the nuance of things. Phyllida Lloyd Read Quote
To understand how black projects began, and how they continue to function today, one must start with the creation of the atomic bomb. The men who ran the Manhattan Project wrote the rules about black operations. The atomic bomb was the mother of all black projects, and it is the parent from which all black operations have sprung. Annie Jacobsen Read Quote
When I was a kid, our family used to watch ‘Bonanza.’ I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual. Anne Lamott Read Quote
Whether at work, at home or in public, we have been trained to believe that who we are at the core of our being is often unacceptable. As a result, we work diligently to live up to – and sometimes down to – what others have made us out to be, whether or not it is an accurate reflection of who we are. Iyanla Vanzant Read Quote
I no longer enjoy drawing people’s pets. I just want to draw what I want to draw and have people not tell me what to draw. Lisa Hanawalt Read Quote
In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school. Jonathan Kozol Read Quote
When you are ‘world building,’ people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like it has a history? I try very hard to pay attention to details. Marie Rutkoski Read Quote
I’m an optimist, so I believe in some sort of life after death; I don’t know what kind. Mike Dirnt Read Quote
