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Quote by Victor LaValle

“And no matter how hard you work, men always make time to tell their stories.”

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Victor LaValle is an American author known for his unique literary style and profound thematic explorations. His works often blend elements of fantasy, horror, and realism, addressing issues such as race, class, and social justice. more

“what passed for useful information sharing within an organization was really just bureaucratic phatic of people protecting their position, looking for praise, projecting criticism, setting up positions of non-responsibility for upcoming failures and calamities, that were both entirely predictable, but seemingly completely unavoidable and telling each other what they all already knew. The trick was to be able to reengage quickly and seamlessly without allowing anyone to know that you stopped listening properly, shortly after the speaker had first opened their mouth.”

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Book:Surface Detail

Source: Surface Detail

“With the benefit of hindsight, the biggest mistake that I made in life was working in the toxic field of high altitude astronomy.”

Life Work Mistake Astronomy Osha Altitude Toxic Hawaii Hindsight Benefit

Author:Steven Magee

“When DNA shows you've worked more than 10 years with your 2nd cousin once removed, you can't help but see its use in family research.”

Shows Work Family Research Dna Cousin Yearss

Author:Jeffrey G. Duarte

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”

Love Truth Friendship Trust Self Discovery

Book:No Man Is an Island

Source: No Man Is an Island

“A crowd of women around me doing the ocean of women’s work that never subsided and never changed and always swallowed whatever time you gave it and wanted more, another hungry body of water. I submerged into it like a ritual bath and let it close over my head gladly.”

Women Work

Book:Spinning Silver

Source: Spinning Silver

“The work you put in when no one is watching will matter far more than the work you do when the cameras are rolling.”

Work Hard Work Ambition Risks

Book:Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning

Source: Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning

“Inaction is followed by stagnation. Stagnation is followed by pestilence and pestilence is followed by death.”

Inspirational Action Work Personal Growth Stagnation Nature Death

Author:Frederick Douglass

“What is wrong, and heartbreakingly foolish and wonderfully avoidable, is to live a life with more craziness than we want because we have less Jesus than we need.”

Time Faith Peace Work Meditation Stress Busy Leisure

Book:Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

Source: Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

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