Charles Handy Quotes
The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are- bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.
Quotes to Explore
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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I own a Hangman jumper, which looks like a scarf, but that's what it's called. It cost a fortune, but it was worth it.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley. Most people don't want Ferraris, they want a winning seed investment.
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I am an Indian to the core.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude.
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I have this desire in the back of my mind now of making music and film at the same time - putting the two together.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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We need all the transportation options that we can get in Virginia - especially options where the private sector carries all the risk and all the cost.
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People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.
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It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
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Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.
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The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are- bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.
