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“I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time.”
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“Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.”
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“To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.”
Source : David Cottrell, Eric Lee Harvey (2004). “Leadership Courage: Leadership Strategies for Individual and Organizational Success”, p.17, The Walk The Talk Company
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“The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?”
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“The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.”
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“Runs falls rises stumbles on from darkness into darkness and the darkness thicketed with shapes of terror and the hunters pursuing and the hounds pursuing and the night cold and the night long and the river to cross and the jack-muh-lanterns beckoning beckoning and blackness ahead”
Source : Robert Hayden (2013). “Collected Poems”, p.59, W. W. Norton & Company
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“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.”
Source : "Joan Lunden talks about her book, 'Wake-Up Calls'". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. October 27, 2000.
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“When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.”
Source : "Krysten Ritter: Master Pool Shark". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. April 13, 2012.