"It's one thing to be a high achiever; it's quite another to privately sneer at your girlfriend's friends after feigning friendliness because they have the "misfortune" to drive a bus for a living."

-- Mallory Ortberg

#Girlfriend Quotes #Bus Quotes #Achiever Quotes

“My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.”
“Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.”

Source : Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books
“She is by my side, as my sister, but he is my soul.He is my enemy, my tormentor, my demon.He is my beloved.”

Source : Gillian Shields (2009). “Immortal”, p.2, Harper Collins
“But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.”
“Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.”
“There was a day where I was sitting at my desk, working 90-hour work weeks, in a suit, looking at a computer, with all these pitch books on my desk, and I just thought, 'This can't be my life.”

Source : "Laz Alonso talks James Cameron's AVATAR - Could it be the first of a Trilogy?". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 5, 2009.
“I've been living, I've lived in New York since I was 18 years old and traveled pretty much all over the world.”
“And with Aaron, I'd have to find a reason not to work with him.”

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