Simon Sinek Quotes
Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.
Quotes to Explore
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
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Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
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My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.
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Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.
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I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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When your heart is first, you can be absent of heart but when you put spirit first, you have a reason for why you do heart.
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Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.
