Simon Sinek Quotes
Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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I had one week in the fall of 1996 where I was like, 'I'm America's greatest living teenage poet.'
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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I was born with an evil face.
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Biochemistry is the science of life. All our life processes - walking, talking, moving, feeding - are essentially chemical reactions. So biochemistry is actually the chemistry of life, and it's supremely interesting.
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When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
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The idea of recklessly spending money - even though it sounds like it's lots of fun, it's fashion - isn't interesting to me. It is a business.
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My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.
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'I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.' 'Are you prepared to be ridiculed, ignored and starving till you are forty-five?' 'I am. But tell me: What will happen after I am forty-five?' 'You will have grown accustomed to it.'
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He's one of my closest friends in the industry. He makes me feel like a teenager - I have to act and think like an adult so much. He makes me feel young again.
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I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?'
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I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid.
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Basically, though, I believe in eating well, not eating too much but eating a variety of foods.
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It's a roll of the dice in the movie business. I mean, every single movie is a roll of the dice. Any movie on paper could look like it's going to be fantastic. You know what I mean?
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I never felt particularly alienated as an English person in America. It doesn't feel culturally like a massive gap to me.
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I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in political profiles. I have probably profiled hundreds of people over the years, people in very powerful positions. People don't always like what I write, but most people still talk to me.
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I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.
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Utopianism substitutes glorious predictions and unachievable promises for knowledge, science, and reason, while laying claim to them all.
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To live a life half dead, a living death.
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Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?
