"Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in competition with another Chinese-American woman writer of the same generation. A writer friend of mine calls it the "There Can Only Be One ..." syndrome. This isn't "Survivor." The more good writers, of all walks of life and all ethnicities and persuasions, the better."

-- ZZ Packer

#Writing Quotes #Ethnicity Quotes #Competition Quotes

“I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other people who inspire young people, but I'd like to see somebody in political life be able to connect and make these choices that we need to make in Washington real in terms of people's lives.”
“I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.”

Source : "Recent Reports Show Need for Congress to Act on Climate Change" by Rep. Mark Pocan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2014.
“But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The heart of a hurt child can shrink so that forever afterward it is hard and pitted as the seed of a peach. Or again, the heart of such a child may fester and swell until it is a misery to carry within the body, easily chafed and hurt by the most ordinary things.”
“A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.”
“After a year of transformation Foster's Group sits at the doorstep of a period of sustained strong earnings growth.”
“I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.”
“Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars”
“All Mongol women are born to the horse and the bow.”

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