Shawn Achor Quotes
Most people keep waiting on happiness, putting off happiness until they're successful or until they achieve some goal, which means we limit both happiness and success. That formula doesn't work.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
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You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.
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Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.
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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.
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It's very liberating to cut your hair.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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I don't ever want to have to depend on anyone completely.
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If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.
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I'm not conventional. I try to be raw and vulnerable and gross.
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I always love being an actor for the simple fact that, whenever you do a job, you have to read a lot of stuff that you've never read before; you explore things, and generally you meet experts in lots of fields, and you get to absorb that information and make it look like you've done it for 20 years.
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I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.
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Nana (to Mariam): When I'm gone, you'll have nothing in this world. You are nothing!
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If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy.
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Most people keep waiting on happiness, putting off happiness until they're successful or until they achieve some goal, which means we limit both happiness and success. That formula doesn't work.
