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That One Person Quotes (page 12)

F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "interested, I mean, with that intense personal interest to..."
interested, I mean, with that intense personal interest to which every one has some vague right at the end F. Scott Fitzgerald
There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first inkling that he was a writer. And while I like writers—because if you ask a writer anything you usually get an answer—still it belittled him in my eyes. Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. It’s like actors, who try so pathetically not to look in mirrors. Who lean backward trying—only to see... F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ann Patchett quote: "She understood in life that a person was only allowed one trip..."
She understood in life that a person was only allowed one trip down to hell. Ann Patchett
...it is all wrong that a person who is going to be deemed worthy of the office should himself solicit it... for no one who is not ambitious would ask to hold office. Aristotle
My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people. Steve Jobs
Nelson Mandela quote: "It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given,..."
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another. Nelson Mandela
While I hate to ever lose a supporter, I've come to realize that one who would abandon me over a single statement or decision I made is a person who would abandon me sooner or later anyway. Mike Huckabee
There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write. Mignon McLaughlin
Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes. Oprah Winfrey
I am sometimes asked about the concept or definition of a 'public intellectual,' and though I find the whole idea faintly silly, I believe it should ideally mean that the person so identified is self-sustaining and autonomously financed. Susan was pre-eminently one such. Christopher Hitchens
Jesus Christ, one person with their mind made up can shove a lot of folks aroun'! You win, Ma. Put away that jack handle 'fore you hurt somebody. John Steinbeck
A slightly stunned silence greeted the end of this speech, then Ron said, "One person can't feel all that at once, they'd explode."Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have," said Hermione nastily, picking up her quill again. J. K. Rowling
Ever since Barry's funeral, Gavin had dwelled, with a sense of deep inadequacy, on the comparatively small gap that he was sure he would leave behind in his community, should he die. Looking at Mary, he wondered whether it would not be better to leave a huge hole in one person's heart. J. K. Rowling
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one..."
Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. Zora Neale Hurston
John Adair quote: "Work groups and organization come into being because there is..."
Work groups and organization come into being because there is a task to be done that is too big for one person John Adair

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