Dana Walden Quotes
What differentiates leaders is the ability to recover following a mistake. I make mistakes all the time, but I cop to them, apologize, and move on. Contrition is powerful.
Quotes to Explore
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
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You know, I used to live in Russia where you had officers in the military opening up the warehouses at night and taking weapons out and putting them into a truck and selling them to foreign powers. That type of stuff doesn't happen in the United States. We still have a very functioning and relatively civil society.
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Ageing is so many different things, and cells being able to self-renew is part of the picture but not all of it.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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The key is to master a few simple ways to exercise that will burn the most calories in the least time. And you also need to figure out how can you eat more of the good stuff and less of the bad stuff without feeling deprived so your diet regimen feels manageable.
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What differentiates leaders is the ability to recover following a mistake. I make mistakes all the time, but I cop to them, apologize, and move on. Contrition is powerful.
