Peoria is such a seemingly quintessential American city, and I had always wanted to draw on that in either my fiction or in nonfiction. The Midwest is also a landscape that I have always been infatuated with, perhaps because it’s the first one I can truly remember. Dinaw Mengestu Read Quote
An important skill for all SpaceXers is the ability to accept critical feedback. This is key to anyone’s growth and becoming better at what they do. Gwynne Shotwell Read Quote
Why is it okay to write a work of literary fiction where horrible, explicit things happen, where you can’t write a book of humor where silly, explicit things are happening? Josh Gondelman Read Quote
Everyone says I’m intense, or I’m mad, or I play bad guys. I don’t see any of that. Sean Harris Read Quote
I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting. Joyce Meyer Read Quote
I remember seeing ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’ with Colleen Dewhurst, and that made a really big impression on me, and I remember wanting to be like her and I still want to be like Colleen Dewhurst! My mom took me to a lot of theatre growing up, and I also remember seeing Pippin and being like, ‘Wow! Brooke Smith Read Quote
The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust. Denise Morrison Read Quote
A lot of companies have nice-sounding cultural values like integrity, respect, and excellence, but if those values don’t map to specific behaviors, then they quickly get lost. Instead, we see what’s called a ‘halo effect’ where leaders tend to overvalue certain attributes and undervalue others. Peggy Johnson Read Quote
