#you

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#believes #getting #i #into #just

When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#business #deal #defeat #different #different way

I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you. ↗

— Edward Albee

#existed #i #swear #you

When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see. ↗

— Josef Albers

#also #came #changes #curved #go

Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything. ↗

— Steve Albini

#anything #find #like #make #music

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#going #i #know #me #truth

Mortality means you don't have forever to work things out. You can live your life unexamined but then on the last day you're going to think: 'I've left things a little late.' ↗

— Mitch Albom

#forever #going #i #last #late

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#appreciating #average #being #believe #career

Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy.' ↗

— Mitch Albom

#book #chapter #characters #get #going

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#believe #diplomat #figure #going #how