Marshall Goldsmith Quotes
If we really want to make change, we have to make peace with the fact that we cannot self-exempt every time the calendar offers us a more attractive alternative.
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.
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Acting in something that I'm directing... I'm really enjoying it because, if for no other reason, that particular acting is like reading my mind on every single take. It's kind of efficient, for better or worse.
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I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.
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I was the worst game show host that ever lived, and I knew it.
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These displays of affection mean a lot to our family and are a reminder of the heart that my people have. In this time of grief we ask for a little privacy and space to digest this news; our sister was our sun and we are broken by her departure.
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If we really want to make change, we have to make peace with the fact that we cannot self-exempt every time the calendar offers us a more attractive alternative.
