John Mackey Quotes
In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people over the years. I still think communication is important, but I don't think there's always a correlation between being a great communicator and other virtues that make for a great leader.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.
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The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.
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Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified documents.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.
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I saw a '60 Minutes' piece on Google as a place to work. It was such a foreign concept from what I understood as a regular job. There's free food, sleeping pods, Ping-Pong. I'm the kind of guy who likes to get involved in everything - I'd be all over the Ping-Pong.
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People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel.
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If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
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People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.
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I'm not familiar particularly with Hillary Clinton's neighborhood, but I wish people were a little bit more curious about what we call privilege and about why it's there. Black people in this country have no choice but to be curious. We have to know. I wish folks would do a little bit more investigation.
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I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.
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I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that.
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To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You learn all the skills - you learn to listen, you learn to take notes - everything you use later as a novelist was valuable training in the newspaper world. But I always wanted to write novels.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.
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Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.
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Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.
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Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.
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We only get better by telling our real story. That's the only way to be.
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I love working in America!
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You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.
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In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people over the years. I still think communication is important, but I don't think there's always a correlation between being a great communicator and other virtues that make for a great leader.
