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Abraham Verghese Physician and writer; professor at Stanford University
He says, "Dad, I'm not necessarily looking for that. I just want to make enough money in doing this thing I love to do." I mean, what more could I say about that? So I said, "Go for it.
Recorded Krista Tippett, On Being with Krista Tippett, Stanford University, 4 April 2019 source ↗
Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
When I decided to sell my company, I already had enough. I live simply. I don't own a house, a car, or even a TV. The less I own, the happier I am. The lack of stuff gives me the priceless freedom to live anywhere anytime. So I didn't need or even want the money from the sale of the company. I just wanted to make sure I had enough for a simple comfortable life.
Recorded Essay on sive.rs, Derek Sivers, 4 December 2009 source ↗
Andrew Young Civil rights leader, US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta
It was only with her help that I did everything. The tragedy was that after 40 years of marriage she died of cancer.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 28 June 1996 source ↗
Freddie Hubbard Jazz trumpeter and composer
All you have to do is play good enough to get your point across because you're not going to play like - I'm not going to play like I did when you played those earlier records.
Recorded Tony Cox, NPR News & Notes, 1 December 2008 source ↗

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Perhaps one character trait which does help is the ability to focus, and perhaps to be a little stubborn. If I learned something in class that I only partly understood, I wasn't satisfied until I was able to work the whole thing out; it would bother me that the explanation wasn't clicking together like it should. So I'd often spend a lot of time on very simple things until I could understand them backwards and forwards, which really helps when one then moves on to more advanced parts of the subject.
Recorded International Mathematical Union, Interview conducted by the International Mathematical Union on the award of the Fields Medal, OUPblog, Oxford University Press, 1 September 2006 source ↗

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