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“I've gotten a little superstitious about listening to music when I write. Once a story is going somewhere, I keep listening to the same music whenever I work on that story. It seems to help me keep in voice, and alternatively, if I need to make some kind of dramatic shift, I'll go and put on something different to shake myself awake.”
Source : "Kelly Link, Words by Flashlight". Interview with Lauren McLaughlin, www.sensesfive.com. June 7, 2006.
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“In the final analysis courage is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence, to the shocks which it is necessary to bear for the sake of realizing one's own nature.”
Source : "Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology".
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“In my first start-up, I had an initial advertising budget of $5 per day total. That would buy us 100 clicks per day. At $5 per day, marketing people scoffed and said that is too small to matter. But if you think about it, to an engineer, 100 real humans everyday giving your product a try means you can really start improving.”
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“Kill us today or you'll have to kill us tomorrow.”
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“To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.”
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“I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.”
Source : "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. July 27, 2004.
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“Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.”
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“Now you know that you can't go wrong... If you start each day with a song.”