Simon Sinek Quotes
The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
Quotes to Explore
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
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TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?'
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When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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Urban areas tend to attract members of the 'knowledge class' - people who work with ideas, data, information.
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Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.
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Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.
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I thought about cricket a lot. I needed to get out of this bubble of mine. I found it in books and conversations with other people about other things. I was a curious person, and this was my release. I like being challenged intellectually. I hated at the end of the day to talk cricket to someone else.
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What does it matter if, by following my heart, I also fulfill someone else's plan?
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The palace is not safe, when the cottage is not happy.
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I've heard people say to me, 'How can you claim to be a feminist when you dress like that?' I wear a lot of slip dresses and nightwear and stuff. People always question my credibility because of that: 'Oh, are you selling sex? Are you doing this or that to be recognized more or to sell your music?' No, it's just a fashion thing for me.
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I ski every three years or so. I don't have the ingrained confidence that others do, but I'll happily toddle about a green or blue run.
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I travel so much when I work, I've really been happy to do 'Nice Work' because I feel like a true New Yorker again. I have my little regimen during the day, and I can take advantage of the museums and the things that I love. And people watching!
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When you spend time with potential customers, you get to hear about their struggles firsthand. You see their eyes light up with excitement or darken with confusion. You learn things you would never find in a survey, database, or questionnaire. You learn why people buy.
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I'm really lovely and sensitive.
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Everything in adulthood can be traced back to childhood.
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If I was ashamed of who I am, I would be in the closet.
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Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education.
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I think Green Day's 'American Idiot' is probably the best comeback or mid-career record that any band has done.
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The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
