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Don Yaeger

"My formal education as an extension to my college degree in journalism was the time that I spent working with the student newspaper. I would argue that my greatest education occurred by working for the student newspaper. It wasn't necessarily the classroom work that made my formal education special. It was the idea that I had the opportunity to practice it before I went into the real world."

Source : "Don Yaeger on “Great Teams”: Part 1". Interview With Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. September 28, 2016.

Don Yaeger

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“People no longer want to see themselves primarily as consumers, but as activists.”
“Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.”
“Loving a thing is shallow, only if you don't deeply appreciate its emotional value.”
“At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.'”
“...Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenagerâ€”and even when you're olderâ€”lots of people will try to tell you what to think and feel. Try to stand still inside all of that and hear your own voice. It's yours and only yours, it's unique and worth of your attention, and if you cultivate it properly, it might just make you a writer.”
“No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have mastered the art of living better than we are able to when an easy conscience, largely due to the unshaken faith of the time, left a marging of spiritual energy with which to enjoy life.”
“The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.”
“I think if you go from show to show without doing that big PR blitz its helpful because people can get pretty sick of your face if youre just out there all the time. And keep a low profile, hold in your stomach and be a good sport.”

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