“I just try to make sure every day that I'm blessed to live on this earth that I seize that day. I'm 25 and, you know, I know with each passing second, I'm getting older. So, I might well seize every single one of those seconds and make sure I'm doing as much as I possibly can in the community to know we worked hard for this and to instill that into everybody around me is truly my goal.” KnowsTryingWellsHardMightEarthGoalCommunityBlessedPassingPassingsSecondsGetting OldGetting OlderInstill Author:Robert Griffin III
“That economics and finance are often covered as technical subjects, sort of boring subjects, and either you already know a lot about it and you follow it, or you don't know much about it and you don't want to know.” KnowsWantSubjectsEconomicsBoringFinanceCovered Author:David Plotz
“Writing a column, a weekly column for the New York Times, is really tough, and I wasn't prepared for the demands that that involved.” WritingNew YorkInvolvedDemandToughPreparedColumnsNew York Times Author:David Plotz
“When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.” KnowsWritingReadingNew YorkTopicsNew York TimesBetter Than YouMessed Up Author:David Plotz
“When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.” IssuesMajorsSenateBotheredUrgency Author:Marco Rubio
“Here was a period where I was particularly attacked, and in untrue ways, some people online said some things that were not true about me - but it was very hurtful. And there was like, a period of time that it was very panicky, I was very upset. And my son at the time was, I guess seven, eight months old, and I would wake up early with him and let my wife sleep.” PeopleWaySaidSleepWifeSonMonthsPeriodsWake UpSevenEightMy WifeUpsetOnlineMy SonUntrueHurtfulUp Early Author:David Plotz
“I made one choice, for example, which is I'm just going to confine work to working hours. I'm not going to work on the weekend. I'm not going to be working while I'm with my son in the morning and in the evening.” MadeChoicesHoursMorningExampleSonEveningMy SonWeekendGoing To Work Author:David Plotz
“I want to have enough space to, I don't know, think thoughts. I mean, I just - I don't know that I'm capable of having an exciting, profound thought every week that's worth a column.” ThinkingKnowsWantMeanEnoughSpaceWeekCapableExcitingProfoundColumnsProfound Thoughts Author:David Plotz
“I'm so grateful to Hugo Lindgren, Jon Kelly, and the people who gave me the opportunity to write a weekly column. It's an amazing thing to do, and when I started they both said, you know, the problem with columns is they just exist forever.” PeopleKnowsWritingSaidProblemOpportunityForeverGratefulThings To DoColumnsAmazing ThingsSo Grateful Author:David Plotz
