Simon Sinek Quotes
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.
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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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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.
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I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.
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The Soviet Union's termination, which brought to an end the bipolar world, ushered in an era of U.S. hegemony. Hegemony, however, should not be confused with omnipotence. Hegemony is not omnipotence but is certainly preponderance.
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My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.
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Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
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Generally, I just think there is a real lacking in men knowing how to hit on women.
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Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly.
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For directors and producers, you're not going to get competent performers on your set if they didn't start at a young age and understand professionalism.
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I have had demanding jobs since I was 18 years old. I have had two sick days in all my working life.
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Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.
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Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself exceedingly tired. The little he has done, comes to nothing, for want of finishing.
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The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.
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I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker books. I feel like I'm knowledgeable enough to understand what's going on in the game, and I understand why I suck. And I'm not sure if I'll ever rise beyond that to the level where I don't suck.
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Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.
