We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life.
“Bill looked for four characteristics in people. The person has to be smart, not necessarily academically but more from the standpoint of being able to get up to speed quickly in different areas and then make connections. Bill called this the ability to make “far analogies.” The person has to work hard, and has to have high integrity. Finally, the person should have that hard-to-define characteristic: grit. The ability to get knocked down and have the passion and perseverance to get up and go at it again.”
― Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
― Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
“I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light. There must be a resistance, or where do all the criminals come from, on the television?”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I save it, so I will have enough, when the time comes.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Journalists,” she explained in a civics speech about dream careers, “chronicle our everyday lives. They reveal truths and information that the public deserves to know, and they provide a record for posterity, so that future generations can learn from our mistakes and improve upon our achievements.”
― Little Fires Everywhere
― Little Fires Everywhere
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