Becoming
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All of them have had doubters. Some continue to have roaring, stadium-sized collections of critics and naysayers who will shout I told you so at every little misstep or mistake. The noise doesn’t go away, but the most successful people I
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“British racism said, “If the monkey can walk like a man and talk like a man, then perhaps he is a man.” Afrikaner racism said, “Why give a book to a monkey?”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“calling things by their right names is more than giving them an identity bracelet or a label, or a serial number. We summon a vision. Naming is power.”
― Frankissstein: A Love Story
― Frankissstein: A Love Story
“When management is the only path to higher compensation, the quality of management suffers, and the lives of the people who work for these reluctant managers become miserable.”
― Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean
― Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean
“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
“Virtue was vanity dressed up and waiting for applause.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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