Marshall Goldsmith Quotes
When we prolong negative behavior - the kind that hurts the people we love or the kind that hurts us in some way - we are leading a changeless life in the most hazardous manner. We are willfully choosing to be miserable and making others miserable, too.
Quotes to Explore
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but equally importantly it can't see you.
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If you're comfortable with yourself, then you'll look beautiful. If you're not feeling comfortable with yourself, than that kind of shows. I think that as cheesy as the pageant industry can be seen at times, it actually does help women - boosting their confidence and growing into their own. I have to give it credit for that.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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The real estate lobby has prominent allies in both parties. After the last major overhaul of the tax code, in 1986 - under a Republican president, Ronald Reagan, a Republican Senate and a Democratic House - it was a Democrat, Bill Clinton, who signed legislation that restored lost real estate tax breaks seven years later.
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There is nothing more dignified than a corpse.
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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
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Music is 99% of my life. But I know I need a break. Besides, if you give people too much, they start to not want it. We need to restrain ourselves.
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Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.
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When we prolong negative behavior - the kind that hurts the people we love or the kind that hurts us in some way - we are leading a changeless life in the most hazardous manner. We are willfully choosing to be miserable and making others miserable, too.
