Simon Sinek Quotes
When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.
Quotes to Explore
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
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You want your partner to objectify you.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
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Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.
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To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.
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Most people marry their mother. I married my father.
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When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.
