Daniel H. Pink Quotes
The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science research on perspective-taking yields some important lessons for all of us.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
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My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.
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Secularist justices de-Christianized our country. They invented new rights for vicious criminals as though criminal justice were a game. They tore our country apart with idiotic busing orders to achieve racial balance in public schools.
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There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.
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Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.
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Latinas are the fastest growing segment of the minority population, and their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated.
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I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
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Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.
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The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science research on perspective-taking yields some important lessons for all of us.
