Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

I didn't plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can. ”

I'm a realist, not a sugar coater. I believe in always letting people know what their obstacles are. And at the end of the day, I just want to be respected for my hard work. ”

I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories. ”

I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really pay attention to anyway. We don't talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing. ”

I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge. ”

Good designers are no longer satisfied in taking the manuscript from someone and making it look nice. One of the things that I've tried to do is move from being a designer to a content provider. ”

You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and unimaginative; if you choose the unfamous, you're labelled willful and perverse. ”

The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are. ”

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book. ”

We try to be conscious of the amount of trash we have. Having a water filter allows us to be aware of not using too many water bottles. Since I am not able to hand wash due to my schedule, I use Seventh Generation laundry detergent, and I feel less guilty. ”