"I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q..."

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Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake”, p.158, Random House

Aimee Bender

#Circles Quotes #Tails Quotes

“I don't think anything's underground anymore. And I think that's a good thing. Everything is up for grabs.”
“In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue â€˜ethnicâ€™ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14%) or Twa (1%). The identity cards made it virtually impossible for Hutus to become Tutsis, and permitted the Belgians to perfect the administration of an apartheid system rooted in the myth of Tutsi superiorityâ€¦ Whatever Hutu and Tutsi identity may have stood for in the pre-colonial state no longer mattered; the Belgians had made â€˜ethnicityâ€™ the defining feature of Rwandan existence.”
“At the end of the day, it doesnâ€™t matter how good your PowerPoint slides are or your strategy or concept. What it really comes down to is your team. How motivated and willing are they to reinvent your organization and how much do they understand the evolving consumer need?”
“Poems not only demand patience, they demand a kind of surrender. You must give yourself up to them. This is the real food for a poet: other poems, not meat loaf.”
“I have a great love of the actual.”
“We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource [Information] that is not only renewable, but self- generating. Running out of it is not a problem, but drowning in it is.”
“The tragic effects of terrorism have forced the new-construction industry to re-evaluate traditional methods of fire protection in commercial infrastructures. That includes everything from building codes, to structural design issues and the less durable fireproofing materials currently specified for commercial steel structures.”
“I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports”

Source : The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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