For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.
Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
I had always seen myself as a star; I wanted to be a galaxy.
Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.
Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Second, you need to spread the large amount of information knowledge that you've gained-pooping like an elephant. This means sharing information and discoveries with your fellow employees and occasionally even with your competitors.
Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.