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If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
In a way, cancer is so simple and so natural. The older you get, this is just one of the things that happens as the clock ticks.
Corporate men and women, once divided by striking differences in opportunity for career growth, have come to share career chaos.
The love of God is not only the highest form of love, but also in reality the only love of which all other loves are but shadows
Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.
The people that were socially awkward from my generation, they all had paper routes and that taught them the discipline of work.
There's no black and white dividing line between a mild Aspergers, which is the mild autism, and computer engineer, for example.
People shouldn't be living in certain places - on earthquake faults or on flood plains. But they do, and there are consequences.
Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.
For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.
Leaders of nations, and people whose wealth or fame gives them power over the lives of others quite often do more harm than good.
While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear.
The essential thing is to run period! And to do it for a long time and consistently and then everything will take care of itself.
I think Bowe Bergdahl, if he deserted, is a hero - I think throughout history we should build monuments to the unknown deserters.
Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.
A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.
I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars but the individual people whose lives I've touched.
When you're in pain, tomorrow doesn't exist - just the pain - and the only thing that you want in the world is for it to go away.
No reference is truly direct — every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.
Really, I don't like to do any household chores. There was a time when I loved to cook, but that was when I wasn't writing books.
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.
The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it's too easy.
Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn't bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
You can't refuse to move forward when you're educating in design, because that's what we're asking students to do the whole time.
The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of the whole creation.
Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done.
The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment.
Before the iPhone, cyberspace was something you went to your desk to visit. Now cyberspace is something you carry in your pocket.
Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
My father died when I was nine, but I came from a stable family environment, which I think does contribute to being well-behaved.
The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.
I wish I could blame my failure on my integrity & refusal to play bullshit games. But the truth is I just play them really badly.
I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends.
You get up and, first thing in the morning, you do your 500 words. Do it every day and you’ve got a book in eight or nine months.
I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.
Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
It is probably not a good idea to ask someone to expound a position they do not accept and do not feel they even fully understand.
Some people are just self-motivated - my husband was. I also believe there are many children for whom parental involvement is key.
I don't think saying "I was wrong here, I was wrong there" absolves you of anything particularly, nor does it get you into heaven.
There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.
I know this might be broadcast broadly. But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a drop of alcohol.
I strongly discourage any intellectuals, regardless of race, from speaking on matters for which they have limited or no expertise.
I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.
Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.
In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is.
My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.
One always goes back to one's childhood in the beginning, and I come from a very religious family and surrounding. Very religious.