“There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
“One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
“People get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding. People do not get scared when you're failing. It calms them. But when you're winning, it makes them feel like they're losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it's too late. And since they didn't, they want to stop you. You can't let them.”
― Why Not Me?
― Why Not Me?
“I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than wisely keep my expectations at bay and hope they are exceeded. This quality has made me a needy and theatrical friend, but has given me a spectacularly dramatic emotional life.”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
“I thought it wouldn’t work, but I didn’t know it wouldn’t work, so I didn’t say anything. That might be the difference between men and women: Women need to know they are right before they stand up. Men are OK objecting if they just think they might be right.”
― Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
― Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
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