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“My instinct tells me "purpose" is maybe the enemy of a good personal essay. In my own experience, I'm always lost and wandering and searching - where am I? how'd I get in this mess? what's the point? - right through to the final draft, and sometimes even beyond that - baffled and defeated still, confused as to purpose long after the thing's in print. I never really have a guiding purpose or a point, not at the outset, anyway. It's like life: It's all discovered en route.”
Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.
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“Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.”
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“You're pissed I laid it out and you're gonna go nurse your snit”
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“Writing is a crummy profession, but a good hobby.”
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“Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.”
Source : "Continuous Feedback" by Fred Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 16, 2011.
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“It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.”
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“I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.”
Source : Source: www.glamour.com
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“God's message extends beyond borders. Anyone in the world can learn to forgive those who have injured them, however great or small that injury may be.”