Christopher Voss Quotes
If your first objective in the negotiation, instead of making your argument, is to hear the other side out, that's the only way you can quiet the voice in the other guy's mind. But most people don't do that.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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We just here to do our job.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.
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I've got a general callout with the Caribbean world in which I'm interested in helping in any way to get their well-written good stories out to the rest of the world. I am really interested in helping those stories get to a completion and public viewing.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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I write all my sermons.
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Even when I read a book, if the book leaves me the possibility of finding certain solutions or working on my own toward a solution, I prefer that much more than if the book fills me with the answers, gives them to me directly.
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One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.
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It means a lot when people understand what I'm going for.
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If you look at the great superheroes in any universe, you will always find that they have the very best super villains opposing them. It's because they are foils; they are people that the heroes play off of.
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If your first objective in the negotiation, instead of making your argument, is to hear the other side out, that's the only way you can quiet the voice in the other guy's mind. But most people don't do that.
