Hardworking is a good attribute, but the pay off is determined by whether you are investing the great effort in the right place.
America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.
We all know the place you're in has a big impact on how you feel. How you feel has an impact on the quality of work. Why wouldn't we put a lot of effort into making the place we work as efficient and productive and pleasant as possible?
People and places are the source of my work, both in prose and verse-and this remark is not the truism it seems, for I do not distinguish as sharply between a place and a person as most people seem to do.
We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy.
Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home.
If you stay long enough in one place the whole world passes you by.
If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.
There are people who place a basket on your head to see what you carry.
[Eragon] wondered. , said Saphira,
I've got six wonderful brothers and sisters.
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
Not knowing is not a problem, not wondering is.
There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.
I have a wonderful respect for old people.
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.
I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.
