Douglas Conant Quotes
Too many leaders are so caught up in the momentum of work that they lose sight of the opportunity to connect with people. I discovered that the more fully present I was with other people, the more fully present they were with me, and the more productive our relationship became over time.
Quotes to Explore
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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25 years ago, when I started in New York, I had the pleasure to cook for Andy Warhol. At the time, I could have traded art for food - I should have done so, because I could get his work for nothing!
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When I was going through my chemotherapy, I realized not many people are willing to talk about cancer, even after getting fully cured. Celebrities and educated people are also very protective and private about it. I still haven't understood why. I decided to fight my battle out in the public.
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
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I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
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I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.
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We had to understand things like why the top quark was so heavy and the electron is so light. The Higgs is a big, important step.
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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
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In every relationship, the work is never just in the positive actions we do for each other, but in the follow up.
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Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.
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The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.
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Too many leaders are so caught up in the momentum of work that they lose sight of the opportunity to connect with people. I discovered that the more fully present I was with other people, the more fully present they were with me, and the more productive our relationship became over time.
