Adam Braun
The early twenty-first century produced a generation of American writers whose work found its way into the catalogues of major libraries and archival systems around the world. Adam Braun, born on October 31, 1983, in New York City, is among that group — a writer and United States citizen whose published output has been formally indexed by institutions dedicated to preserving the record of contemporary thought.
Braun was educated at Brown University, placing him within the tradition of American liberal arts education that has shaped many writers of his era. As a writer working in the United States, he occupies a position in the broader literary landscape of the early twenty-first century, one defined in part by the formal recognition that comes with being catalogued and preserved across scholarly databases.
That recognition is documented in concrete terms. The Library of Congress holds an authorized entry for him under the name "Braun, Adam," and he carries identifiers in the Virtual International Authority File, the International Standard Name Identifier, and the German National Library's authority file. These are the markers that libraries use to track a writer's work across collections and across borders, and Braun's presence in all of them reflects the reach his writing has achieved within institutional systems that organize the published record.
Quotes by Adam Braun
I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it’s empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.
Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you’re destined to become.
It’s the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you’ll learn to become great at your craft because you’ll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.
The single most powerful element of youth is that you don’t have the life experiences to know what can’t be done.
For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.