Effie Q's Key Ideas from "Dance First. Think Later"
by Kathryn Petras

Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too can be great.

You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

The three sentences that will get you through life:

Number one, “Cover for me.”

Number two, “Oh, good idea, boss.”

Number three, “It was like that when I got here.”

Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering

If you can’t convince them, confuse them.

It’s possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure

Before doing someone a favor, make sure that he isn’t a madman.

You can discover what your enemy gears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are bound to wake somebody up.