"My mother is somebody who I think of as having just an intense close focus. She's somebody who really can pay very, very close attention to the thing she's focusing on for a very long period of time, and that has served her incredibly well in her professional career. She knows - the things she knows, she knows them just so deeply."

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Source : "How Does a Host of Working Work?". "Working" with Adam Davidson, www.slate.com. May 18, 2015.

David Plotz

#Mother Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Careers Quotes

“Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife”
“Sometimes there are those that have been dealt a bad hand at life and are dealing with some heavy issues. The least I can do is try to brighten a persons day.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com
“Red carpets are pretty unpredictable. You can go from one person asking you what you're wearing to the next person asking you about the situation in Haiti. It's the extreme juxtaposition, and some of the questions can throw me!”
“Your whole vocabulary's played out, admit it. Still wack if it came out my mouth and I spit it.”

Source : Song: Pick It Up, Album: Muddy Waters
“Man is doomed either squander his youth, which is the only time he has to store provisions for the coming years and provide for his own well-being, or to spend his youth procuring pleasures in advance for that time of life when he will be too old to enjoy them.”
“Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.”
“You would be surprised what two hours of daily exercise and five hundred stomach crunches can do for you.”
“People don't always recognize how serious it can be, that there can be some serious complications from the flu and even death. People believe they'll be down for a few days and then be fine, and that's just not the case.”

Source : Source: www.popsugar.com

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