Rupi Kaur With immigrant parents, they’ve had to sacrifice so much to survive, and they’re trying to preserve the culture they lost, so there are just so many boundaries. – Rupi Kaur Boundaries Quotes Culture Quotes Immigrant Quotes Lost Quotes Parents Quotes Preserve Quotes Sacrifice Quotes Survive Quotes I love Roald Dahl, Sharon Olds, Nizar Qabbani, who is a poet, and Junot Diaz. I sat with myself one day and asked, ‘Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic like mine through the door?’ And the answer was no.
Soichiro Honda If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don’t particularly like. – Soichiro Honda
Paul Singer The world, in terms of choices available to educated, ambitious workers and entrepreneurs, is way bigger than just the United States, Japan and Europe. – Paul Singer
Josh Groban The honest-to-goodness answer is that Twitter tells me everything, and I have calluses on my fingers from all the mouse-clicking. – Josh Groban
Joe HaldemanWar I met Heinlein after ‘The Forever War’ had won the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He shook my hand and said he loved the book so much, he’d read it three times. – Joe Haldeman
Jack Kingston Politicians always do a two-step, depending on what their district politics looks like. – Jack Kingston
Gene Simmons If you’re the greatest, it’s okay to say you’re the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn’t that strong. – Gene Simmons
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