Douglas Conant Quotes
All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the best thing to do was to tell everyone I worked with that I'm just shy. People are not mind readers - you need to let them know.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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People making it like I sit there and eat a whole plate of candy before I play a basketball game. I don't think anyone could do that.
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For it is the chief characteristic of the religion of science, that it works, and that such curses as that of Aporat’s are really deadly.
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In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.
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All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the best thing to do was to tell everyone I worked with that I'm just shy. People are not mind readers - you need to let them know.
