Quotes
Authors
Diahann Carroll

"The lesson that I would hope everyone would learn quite early in their career is don't take it personally. Whatever it is that happens, you're accepted for a role or rejected for a role of whatever, don't take it personally. It's part of the business and the person that is either hiring or firing-that's their business. That's what they are there for and it has nothing to do with how you feel about ... It has to do with someone else's perception of should you do this particular part, so just don't take it personally,. The business is really about rejection, so don't take it personally."

Source : "Diahann Carroll Talks About Her New White Collar Role". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. February 9, 2010.

Diahann Carroll

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“The share of wealth held by the minority is much greater than the share held by the majority. We have to draw our own conclusions from that and it has to change.”
“It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore.”
“Juggling is an illusion. ... In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. ... It is actually task switching.”
“Homosexuality is the handiwork of Satan.”
“The narrow gauge mindset of the past is insufficient for todayâ€™s wicked problems. We can no longer play the music as written. Instead, we have to invent a whole new scale.”

Source : Marty Neumeier (2009). “The Designful Company: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation”, p.27, Peachpit Press
“Do you have spies in Clan Heavy?â€ â€œI have spies everywhere.â€ I looked at Andrea, who was hoarding bacon on her plate. â€œShe had tea with Mahonâ€™s wife.â€ Andrea said. Aunt B looked at her. â€œYou and I need to work on your air of mystery.”
“It's always just a great thing to see your kids connecting and you see the different stages.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.”

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