Paul Graham There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere. – Paul Graham People Quotes Plenty Quotes Smart Quotes Some people just get what they want in the world. If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.
AttitudeFailureSara Blakely I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I’d have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life’s way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. – Sara Blakely
Eric Hill As a child, during the war, I drew Spitfires and Messerschmitts. With Spot, I found that I had designed a fuselage! His spot is on his side, the roundel marking of an English fighter plane, and the color bar of his tail is the color stripes of a plane’s rudder. – Eric Hill
Lupita Nyong'o I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She’s so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well. – Lupita Nyong’o
Ornette Coleman You don’t have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don’t have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition. – Ornette Coleman
Ory Okolloh I’d like to see technology to move beyond the hype and be considered part of infrastructure… the way you see access to water. I would like it to move away from apps and mobile money. So that everyone has their TV and their Wi-Fi, and it’s just ubiquitous. I think that’s where we should be headed. – Ory Okolloh
Andrew Sean Greer It’s hard to tell if I’ve had writer’s block because it seems to me that it’s when nothing comes, but, you know, every day you stare at that computer screen, and I think, ‘It’s never going to happen today. How can I write three pages?’ And the hours pass, and they haven’t shown up, and then at the very end it always happens, so it’s willpower. – Andrew Sean Greer
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