"It's not going to happen if you wait for the boss to tell you to make it happen."

-- Mitch Joel

#Inspirational Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Boss Quotes

“I'm not a sucka, so I don't need a bodyguard.”
“When the audition for 'Cats' came up, even though I'd been making pop records, it felt like something I was attracted to.”
“In Nepal, the phenomenon is reversed. Time is a stick of incense that burns without being consumed. One day can seem like a week; a week, like months. Mornings stretch out and crack their spines with the yogic impassivity of house cats. Afternoons bulge with a succulent ripeness, like fat peaches. There is time enough to do everything - write a letter, eat breakfast, read the paper, visit a shrine or two, listen to the birds, bicycle downtown to change money, buy postcards, shop for Buddhas - and arrive home in time for lunch.”

Source : Jeff Greenwald (2014). “Shopping for Buddhas: An Adventure in Nepal”, p.16, Travelers' Tales
“When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs. By force, brutal force, he eliminated all the other scripts. One script became the official script. All the others were banned. And those who used other scripts were punished severely. And then the meanings of all the characters, over the centuries, had to be kept uniform as a part of the political apparatus. So from the very beginning the written word was a powerful political tool.”

Source : "Ha Jin, The Art of Fiction No. 202". Interview with Sarah Fay, www.theparisreview.org. 2009.
“Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.”
“The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. June 21, 2011.
“Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.”
“The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself.”

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