Warren Bennis Quotes
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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MusiCares was really good to me. I can't say enough how MusiCares helps other people. They really, really helped me. They have the greatest groups and support for musicians in recovery.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
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To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.
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As a working woman at the height of my career, I know age has only enhanced my professional and personal abilities. It has brought a sense of calm to the drive for success.
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For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.
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When I wrote for Jordan Knight, I was 17 or 18, they were pretty much the only songs I was writing. By the time people like Christina or Usher came around, I was able to know that I was writing for different points of view and people that might not want to say certain things. So you have to be considerate of whichever artist you're writing for.
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A scheme is unjust when the higher expectations, one or more of them, are excessive. If these expectations were decreased, the situation of the less favored would be improved.
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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
