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Kara
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There was too much at stake to ask questions, to be dumb, to be a curious student, in front of a room of white folk who assumed all black folk were intellectually less than. For the first time in my life, the classroom scared me.
“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' In other words, love is a dominant strategy.”
― Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
― Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
― Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
― Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
“Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.”
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
“Love me, because love doesn't exist, and I have tried everything that does.”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated
“I had never wanted to be one of those girls in love with boys who would not have me. Unrequited love - plain desperate aboveboard boy-chasing - turned you into a salesperson, and what you were selling was something he didn't want, couldn't use, would never miss. Unrequited love was deciding to be useless, and I could never abide uselessness.
Neither could James. He understood. In such situations, you do one of two things - you either walk away and deny yourself, or you do sneaky things to get what you need. You attend weddings, you go for walks. You say, yes. Yes, you're my best friend, too.”
― The Giant's House
Neither could James. He understood. In such situations, you do one of two things - you either walk away and deny yourself, or you do sneaky things to get what you need. You attend weddings, you go for walks. You say, yes. Yes, you're my best friend, too.”
― The Giant's House
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