Erin McKean There are hundreds of thousands of words that aren’t in any print dictionary today… because there’s no space for all of them. – Erin McKean Dictionary Quotes Hundreds Quotes Print Quotes Space Quotes Thousands Quotes We think people go to a dictionary to find out what a word means. Most people go to the dictionary because they don’t want to look stupid. Most consumers don’t have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one… so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, ‘Over 250,000 entries.’ And they go, ‘Great, this dictionary must be awesome!’
Michael Steinhardt I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end. – Michael Steinhardt
Naomi Wolf It is important to distinguish between the power of the Internet to make the great change it can, and the limits and vulnerabilities of that change without real-time political mobilization deployed globally to protect those who venture out, especially in closed societies, into the heady new vistas it offers. – Naomi Wolf
Anthony Rendon That’s what a lot of people say, especially in college, it looked like I’m lackadaisical out there, like I’m not really paying attention. If I’m always tense, I’m going to be overthinking the game. I try to just go with the flow. – Anthony Rendon
Rohini Nilekani When you keep un-bundling various aspects of a social problem, you can arrive at a very basic, common space. – Rohini Nilekani
Marsha Norman My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It’s just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, ‘The Color Purple’ is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it’s got hard stuff in it, but so does ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera.’ – Marsha Norman
Brandon T Jackson When you’re blessed, you’ve got to be sensitive to people that don’t have and need to depend on somebody else to eat. – Brandon T Jackson
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