Warren Bennis Quotes
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.
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I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.
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I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely!
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I'm not a leading man.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.
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In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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If I don’t speak truth I can’t seek truth.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
