Pierre Nanterme Quotes
I am surrounded by exceptional women on Accenture's board of directors as well as my own leadership team.
Quotes to Explore
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I just want to do my job.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a 'sleeping dictionary.' Of course, I have only been married five times, and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold on to the spirit. That's part of the package that you love and the part that comforts you.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
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When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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I wish all high schools could offer students the outside activities that were available at the old Harrison High on Chicago's West Side in the late '20s. They enabled me to become part of a school newspaper, drama group, football team and student government.
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The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.
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I'm loving the idea of having a baby
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I am surrounded by exceptional women on Accenture's board of directors as well as my own leadership team.
