“Managing your personal energy is like managing budgets in a company.”
― How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
― How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
“I tried to stay away from the classic Disney princess movies. In addition to featuring a lot of unempowered women, those movies are just so white. White people and stories about white people are not bad, it’s just that when you live in America, everything is so inherently white. I don’t want you to grow up wishing you were white and having that inform all of your decisions later on in life. I want you to be proud of having black hair and Asian features.”
― Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life
― Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life
“Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value.”
― How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
― How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
“The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that
helps him get through the day”
― God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
helps him get through the day”
― God's Debris: A Thought Experiment
“When in doubt, go out. Not just for material, but to experience new people, new social situations, and unfamiliar surroundings.”
― Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
― Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
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