"I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime."

-- Ira Glass

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“It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize that I was fooled into thinking I'd written the story. I hadn't-I had just typed for a long time. So then I have to carve out a story from the 25 or so pages. It's in there somewhere-but I have to find it. I'll then write a third, fourth, and fifth draft, and so on.”
“Credibility is lost when there are big discrepancies between what leaders say and what they do. ... Increasing credibility requires openness. Hidden agendas will destroy trust.”

Source : Judith M. Bardwick (1995). “Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business”, p.106, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
“Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.”
“If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I still lack, to reach perfection; I see it the more clearly now that I live only among first-rank artists and know what each one of them lacks.”

Source : Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.169, Courier Corporation
“I certainly know German colleagues in the US who try to be Americans, try to melt into Americanism, even before they get married and become American citizens. But I've never tried that.”

Source : "Bernhard Schlink: being German is a huge burden" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.
“Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops.”

Source : "The World Changers" by Bruce Bliven, (p. 171), 1965.
“Good morning! What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.”

Source : "Woodstock", www.imdb.com. 1970.
“You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.”

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