Sophia Amoruso Everyone is told to go to high school and get good grades and go to college and get good grades and then get a job and then get a better job. There’s no one really telling a story about how they totally blew it, and they figured it out. – Sophia Amoruso Blew Quotes College Quotes Figured Quotes Grades Quotes Job Quotes School Quotes Story Quotes Telling Quotes Told Quotes Totally Quotes It’s important that people are open. Some people say, ‘I’m going to be a doctor,’ and they’re a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it’s a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn’t work out, moving along… it’s all we can really do. There are a lot of parents who’ve come to me and said about their daughters, ‘Oh my God, she’s 21, she’s totally flailing. Your story gives me hope.’ I put my mom through that.
Anne Robinson We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe. – Anne Robinson
Franz Beckenbauer At least six Bayern players, who have won almost everything, are in the national squad. – Franz Beckenbauer
James Surowiecki On the simplest level, telecommuting makes it harder for people to have the kinds of informal interactions that are crucial to the way knowledge moves through an organization. The role that hallway chat plays in driving new ideas has become a cliche of business writing, but that doesn’t make it less true. – James Surowiecki
Allen Iverson I don’t really care too much about what people who don’t care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself. – Allen Iverson
Sam Richardson I grew up watching ‘Ghostbusters.’ I loved that movie before I knew it was a comedy! As a kid, I lived between Ghana and Detroit and in Ghana for, like, first and second grade. And I had a VHS tape of that, and I would watch it every day. It’s kind of like why I got into comedy. – Sam Richardson
Jason Collins After a game is over, having my boyfriend wait for me in the family room, just like everyone else’s loved one and not having to hide that. That feeling is so awesome. Incredible feeling. Absolutely incredible feeling. – Jason Collins
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