When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you’re trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can’t go march on Washington. Ani DiFranco Read Quote
The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them. Angie Martinez Read Quote
My advice for folks on networking is give, give, give. You will later receive. But you are really planting these seeds. Some of them will die, and they won’t become anything. Many of them will take many, many years before they pay off for you if at all. Sallie Krawcheck Read Quote
Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it’s important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself. Emraan Hashmi Read Quote
My first published novel, ‘American Rust,’ took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that. Philipp Meyer Read Quote
I couldn’t open up a magazine, you couldn’t read a newspaper, you couldn’t turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America. Morgan Spurlock Read Quote
As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did. Rickey Medlocke Read Quote
My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’ Dave Chappelle Read Quote
A great story poorly told doesn’t do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it. The craft of it is really more important than the subject matter. Jason Isbell Read Quote
