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Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

“You don't start at the top if you want to find the story. You start in the middle, because it's the people in the middle who do the actual work in the world.”

Book:What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

In this thought-provoking collection, the author combines his extensive experience as a journalist with a keen eye for detail to examine the complexities of human behavior and societal trends. The essays range from profiles of individuals to in-depth analyses of cultural phenomena, offering readers a rich tapestry of insights into the human condition. more

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Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and author known for his insightful analysis of social psychology and business. His works explore the psychological mechanisms behind human behavior, decision-making, and success. more

“I've never had a sustained period of medication for mental illness when I've not been on other drugs as well. It's just not something that I particularly feel I need. I know that I have dramatically changing moods, and I know sometimes I feel really depressed, but I think that's just life. I don't think of it as, "Ah, this is mental illness," more as, "Today, life makes me feel very sad." I know I also get unnaturally high levels of energy and quickness of thought, but I'm able to utilize that.”

Thinking Knows Needs Feels Wells Sometimes Today Able Energy Levels Periods Drug Illness Mood Mental Illness Medication High Level Very Sad Quickness Today Life

Author:Russell Brand

“Oh -- who's the Queen?" "Her, of course. The White Queen. You're just like Alice, you know. Down the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter.”

Knows Courses White Mad Holes Queens Rabbits Rabbit Holes

Book:Midnight Alley

Source: Midnight Alley

“You toyed with my heart, like it was a toy heart. (Lisa Simpson)”

Heart My Heart Toys

Author:Matt Groening

“Will you walk out of the air, my lord? HAMLET Into my grave.”

Walks Lord Air Graves Polonius Hamlet Theme Hamlet Death Hamlet Significant

Book:William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Source: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

“Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania”

Proud Mets Ill Moonlight Midsummer Midsummer Night's Dream Mid Summer Nights Dream Dream Act

Author:William Shakespeare

“Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force in stirring love. Night and silence.--Who is here? Weeds of Athens he doth wear: This is he, my master said, Despised the Athenian maid; And here the maiden, sleeping sound, On the dank and dirty ground. Pretty soul! she durst not lie Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy. Churl, upon thy eyes I throw All the power this charm doth owe. When thou wakest, let love forbid Sleep his seat on thy eyelid: So awake when I am gone; For I must now to Oberon.”

Source: The Family Shakspeare, in One Volume: In which Nothing is Added to the Original Text, But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read in a Family

“The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss”

Faces Kissing Rivers Calm

Book:Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

Source: Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

“She has enough black eyeliner on to outline a corpse, and her skin's so pale she looks like she's just broken dawn.”

Looks Enough Black Broken Skins Dawn Pale Corpses Outlines Eyeliner

Book:Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“In our town there is a secret spot where you can still see the stars at night, believe it or not. It is the only spot like that left, unclouded by the dwindling skyscrapers rising nearby. It is a good place to go to walk and talk in whispers. Following the little hill that rises from the park to a small clearing which overlooks the statue of the armless general on his bronze steed, most of us later remember this spot as the first place we knew we might be in love.”