“introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Then there was a new epidemic—of fear,” said Dr. Sam Okware, Commissioner of Health Services, when I visited him in Kampala a month later. Among Dr. Okware’s other duties, he served as chairman of the national Ebola virus task force. “That was the most difficult to contain,” he said. “There was a new epidemic—of panic.”
― Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
― Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
“even on the darkest day, the sun shines on some dog’s ass.”
― Mr. Mercedes
― Mr. Mercedes
“Each party profited by the offices when in power,” Roosevelt explained, “and when in opposition each party insincerely denounced its opponents for doing exactly what it itself had done and intended again to do.”
― The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
― The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
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